The History of the Fries Family from Strüth,
Bavaria & Kützbrunn,
Baden, Germany

from c. 1545 on

Fries Family Armorial Coat of Arms & Crest

There are two siblings that at this point in the family history game
are the earliest known members of our direct paternal Fries family
line. The two Fries siblings are 1. Burkhard
Fries,
1580--1640, and 2. Johann Fries,
1565--1637, both born in Strüth,
Würzburg, Bavaria. 1. Burkhard Fries is our
direct
male family
ancestor. Our Fries family goes back 15 generations. Today there
is a Norbert Fries that lives in Strüth
to wqhom we may be related.

1. Burkhard Fries, 1580--6-3-1640, was born and died in
Strüth,
Würzburg, Bavaria (zip D8701) in the parish of Rottingen sometime
in the year 1580. The exact date is unknown. The name of his wife was
Margaret Spenkuch, 1577--12-20-1641. They were married on Wednesday,
7-6-1603, most likely in the village of Strüth, parish of
Rottingen. Margaret Spenkuch's father was Adam Spenkuch,
<1557-->1577.
Her mother's name is unknown. Burkhard was most likely a farmer.
Margaret Fries, nee Spenkuch died in Strüth, Bavaria. To
put their time and place in history in perspective, they died about 210
years after Joan of Arc, 1412--1431, and right before Oliver Cromwell
began his reign of terror in Ireland and a generation before St. Louis,
MO was founded.

In 1980, Strüth had a population of 167 people. It's
located in
the district of Würzburg. It's zip code is D8701 and the nearest
train stop is in the village of Rottingen. The Tauber River runs very
close to the village of Strüth.

Burkhard Fries had a brother named, 2. Johann Fries,
1565--7-21-1637, born and died in Strüth. 1. Burkhard
Fries' granddaughter,
Margaretha Roht, 1650-->1693 married 2. Johann Fries'
grandson Kaspar Fries. Cousins married to cousins was not
that
unusual back in time. Since many of the offspring of 2. Johann
Fries
married back into the Fries paternal line, some of our ancestors are
both paternal and maternal ancestors. That will cause some confusion
but yet, is a fact of history. Information on 2. Johann
Fries', 1565--1637, line is detailed later in this history. The names
of
1. Burkhard and 2. Johann Fries' parents are unknown.

1. Burkhard Fries, 1580--6-3-1640, and his wife Margaret
Spenkuch had
seven children, all born in Strüth, parish of Rottingen, District
of
Würzburg, Franconia Region, Bavaria, Germany. The local village
Catholic
church
is St. John Nepomucen. Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch had the following seven children.

1.1. Anna Fries, 4-10-1604--, the first of seven children of
Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.2. Kasper Fries, 6-3-1605--, the second of seven children
of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.3. Georg Fries, 4-22-1607--, the third of seven children
of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.4. Johann Fries, 3-3-1609--, the fourth of seven children
of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.5. Katharina Roht, nee Fries, 5-4-1611--12-27-1675,
the fifth of seven children of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born and died in Strüth, Bavaria.
Katharina is our direct maternal and paternal ancestor. Katharina
Fries married
Kasper Roht, 2-15-1610--12-21-1684, who was born and died in
Strüth. It was Katharina's grandchildren that married
back
into the Fries paternal line of 1. Burkhard Fries, 1580--1640.
Kasper Roht, 1610--1684, and Katharina Fries, 1611--1675,
were married on 8-18-1630, in Strüth and had the following
ten children all born in Strüth.

1.5.1. Margareta Roht, 10-9-1630--, the first of ten
children of Kasper
Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.2. Leonhard Roht, 1-29-1632--, the second of ten
children of Kasper
Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.3. Johann Kasper Roht, 1-30-1634--, the third of ten
children of
Kasper Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.4. Anna Roht, 11-20-1635--, the fourth of ten
children of Kasper
Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.5. Nikolaus Roht, 9-1-1638--, the fifth of ten
children of Kasper
Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.6. A. Katharina Roht, 1-5-1643--, the sixth of
ten children of
Kasper Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.7. Apollonia Roht, 4-16-1645--, the seventh of
ten children of
Kasper Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.8. Martin Roht, 10-10-1647--, the eighth of ten
children of Kasper
Roht and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.5.9. Margareta Fries, nee Roht,
5-19-1650-->1693, the ninth of ten children of Kasper Roht and
Katharina Fries born in Strüth
and our direct
maternal and paternal ancestor. Sometime before 1693, Margareta Rohtmarried 2.4.3. Kasper Fries, 5-25-1647--6-7-1717, who
was born and died in
Strüth. Margareta RohtandKasper Fries had
the following nine
children.

1.5.9.1. Barbara Fries, 12-2-1673--, the first of nine
children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.5.9.2. Margaretha Fries, 2-12-1676--, the second of
nine children of
Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.5.9.3. Ursula Fries, 5-22-1678--, the third of nine
children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.5.9.4. Ursula Fries, 9-1-1679--, the fourth of nine
children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.5.9.5. Maria Margaretha Fries, 5-6-1682--, the fifth of
nine children of
Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.5.9.6. Anna Fries, 3-23-1685--, the sixth of nine
children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.5.9.7. Daniel Fries, 1-12-1690--, the seventh of nine
children of
Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.5.9.8. Ursula Fries, 1-16-1693--, the eighth of nine
children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.5.9.9. Margaretha Fries, nee Fries, 1-16-1693--12-13-1755,
the
ninth of
nine children of Kaspar Fries and Margaretha Roht born in
Strüth,
Bavaria who is our direct
maternal and paternal ancestor, Margaretha Friesmarried 1.7.7.5.
Andreas
Fries, 5-1-1695--4-25-1761, who was born and died in
Strüth. See 1.7.7.5. for the line of descent
for
their nine children.

1.5.10. Eva Roht, 9-26-1653--, the tenth of ten children
of Kasper Roht
and Katharina Fries born in Strüth.

1.6. Margareta Fries, 8-13-1615--, the sixth of seven
children of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.7. Valentin Fries, 5-5-1613--7-9-1685, the seventh of
seven children of Burkhard Fries and Margaret
Spenkuch born in Strüth, Bavaria is our direct
paternal ancestor. He was born and died in Strüth, Bavaria. His
wife's name was Apollonia, 1621--11-29-1694, last name unknown. They
were married sometime before 3-1647, most likely in Strüth.
Valentin had survived the 30 Years War that had reduced the population
of Baden by 70%. That by itself was quite a feat. Valentin was most
likely a farmer. Valentin Fries and Apollonia most likely died in
Strüth.

Valentin may have been the first Fries ancestor to try a new drink
that had just been discovered in 1683. Coffee was one of the items left
by the Turks as they were chased out of Vienna in that year. The people
of Vienna thought the sacks left by the Turks were camel fodder. They
soon found out that it wasn't camel fodder and when roasted, was a very
good drink. Coffee spread into Europe through Vienna and might have
reached Valentine's area right before he died.

Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia had the following seven
children all born in Strüth, Bavaria.

1.7.1. Michael Fries, 12-1-1647--, the first of seven
children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.7.2. Johann Fries, 2-19-1649--, the second of seven
children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.7.3. Nikolaus Fries, 9-26-1651--, the third of seven
children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.7.4. Andreas Fries, 3-25-1653--<1656, the fourth of
seven children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in
Strüth, Bavaria.

1.7.5. Joseph Georg Fries, 12-23-1654--, the fifth of seven
children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in Strüth,
Bavaria.

1.7.6. Andreas Fries, 11-1-1656--<1659, the sixth of
seven children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in
Strüth, Bavaria.

1.7.7. Andreas Fries, 5-17-1659--10-29-1723, the seventh of
seven children of Valentin Fries and his wife Apollonia born in
Strüth, Bavaria is our direct
paternal ancestor. Andreas Fries'first wife was Anna
Maria Seyffert, --8-21-1687. They were married on 8-1-1684, most likely
in Strüth. Andreas, like his father 1.7. Valentin Fries,
had survived the 30 Years War that had reduced the population of Baden
by 70%. Andreas was most likely a
farmer. Anna Maria Seyffert may have been related to her husband
through the
maternal Fries line. Anna Maria Seyffert died on Sunday, August 21,
1687. Andreas Fries married Margaretha Neff on 1-13-1688, in
Strüth, Bavaria. Andreas Fries had at least the following seven
children,
two by Anna Maria Seyffert, four by Margaretha Neff and one by Barbara
Waldtmann.

1.7.7.1. Maria Fries, 9-20-1685--, the first of seven
children of Andreas Fries and the first of two by Anna Maria Seyffert
born in Strüth.

1.7.7.2. Martin Fries, 3-30-1687--, the second of seven
children of Andreas Fries and the second of two by Anna Maria Seyffert
born in Strüth.

Our direct paternal ancestor, 1.7.7. Andreas Fries',
1659--1723, second wife was Margaretha Neff, 8-23-1663--12-29-1697,
from
Laudenbach (6973). Margaretha is in our direct maternal family line.
Neff could also be spelled Neef. Andreas Fries and Margaretha Neff were
married on 1-13-1688, in
Strüth, Bavaria. Margaretha Fries, nee Neff's,
8-23-1663--12-29-1697,
father was Johann Neff, <1643-->1688, born
in Laudenbach, Baden, south of Strüth.

Margaretha Fries, nee Neff's, 1663--12-29-1697, mother was Barbara
Koner, <1637--6-24-1686, born in Rot am See, Baden-Wuttemberg.
Barbara Koner, <1637--6-24-1686, died on a pilgrimage to St.
Sanguinem in Uderschupt (8761) (Unterschupf), Wuttemberg. She was given
the last rights before she died. Barbara Koner, <1637--6-24-1686,
was the widow of Stephen Hoffmann and the daughter of Hans Konern,
<1617-->1637, from Rot am See, Wuttemberg. Rot an See means the
town of Rot by the sea. The family name can also be spelled
Konern, with an n.

Johann Neef, c. 1643-->1688, and his wife Barbara Koner,
<1637--, were married in Laudenbach, Baden on 2-22-1657. The
witnesses were Phillipp Neef, the bridegroom's father and Johann Boop.
Phillip Neef, c. 1613--4-30-1669 died in Laudenbach, Bavaria. He was
married to a woman by the name of Margaretha who died in Laudenbach on
3-28-1660. Johann Neef, <1643-->1688, and his wife Barbara Koner,
<1637--, had the following seven children.

Michael Neff, 10-13-1656--3-24-1657, the first of seven children
of Johann Neef and Barbara Koner.

Michael Neff, 2-7-1659--, the second of seven children of Johann
Neef and Barbara Koner.

Margaretha Neff, 8-23-1663--8-21-1697, the third of seven
children of Johann Neef and Barbara Koner who is our direct maternal
ancestor. Margaretha Neffmarried Stephen Hoffmann on
1-18-1684, and 1.7.7.
Andreas Fries, 1659--1723, on 1-13-1688 in Struth.

Conrad Neff, 2-22-1665--, the fourth of seven children of Johann
Neef and Barbara Koner.

Margaretha Neff, 10-25-1666--, the fifth of seven children of
Johann Neef and Barbara Koner.

Anna Maria Neff, 5-4-1669--, the sixth of seven children of
Johann Neef and Barbara Koner.

Johannes Neff, 6-27-1671--, the seventh of seven children of
Johann Neef and Barbara Koner.

Johann Neff's, -->1688, father was Philipp Neff, c.
1613--4-30-1669(60), died in Laudenbach. Johann mother's name was
Margaretha, c. 1613--3-28-1660, died in Laudenbach, Baden, maiden name
unknown.

Our direct paternal ancestor, 1.7.7. Andreas Fries,
1659--1723, was most likely a farmer. Andreas Fries and Margaretha
Neff, 1663--1697, had the following four children, all born in
Strüth, parish of Rottingen.

1.7.7.3. Margaretha Fries, 7-24-1689--, the third of seven
children of Andreas Fries and the first of four by Margaretha Neff born
in Strüth.

1.7.7.4. Johann Fries, 7-23-1693--, the fourth of seven
children of Andreas Fries and the second of four by Margaretha Neff
born in Strüth.

1.7.7.5. Andreas Fries, 5-1-1695--4-25-1761, the fifth of
seven children of Andreas Fries and the third of four by Margaretha
Neff born in Strüth Andreas is our direct
paternal ancestor. On
10-2-1714, in Strüth, Andreas Fries married 1.5.9.9. Margaretha
Fries. Both Andreas and Margaretha had Fries as
their last names. They were second cousins as their Grandparents were
siblings. This is one of several where the maternal Fries line comes
into the paternal Fries line.
Margaretha Fries', 1693--1755, parents were Kasper Fries,
5-25-1647--6-7-1717, and Margaretha Roht,
5-19-1650-->1693, both born in Strüth.

Our direct paternal ancestor, 1.7.7.5. Andreas Fries,
1695--1761, married 1.5.9.9. Margaretha Fries,
1-16-1693--12-13-1755, on
10-2-1714, in Strüth. Both Andreas and Margaretha had Fries as
their last names. This is one of the entries of the Fries maternal
lines. Margaretha's parents were Kasper Fries, 5-25-1647--6-7-1717, and
Margaretha Fries, nee Roht, 5-19-1650-->1693. They both were from
Strüth. Andreas was most likely a farmer. 1.7.7.5.
Andreas Fries, 1695--1761, and his wife, 1.5.9.9. Margaretha
Fries had the
following
ten children.

1.7.7.5.1. Andreas Fries, 8-4-1715--<1724, the first of
ten children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.2. Anna Maria Fries, 3-28-1718--, the second of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.3. Theobald Fries, 2-29-1720--, the third of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.4. Johann Fries, 8-27-1722--3-24-1793, the
fourth of
ten children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries and our direct
paternal ancestor. Johann Fries,
1722--1793, first married a woman named Eva. Eva's maiden name is not
known for certain but due to the information from the local church
records it was most likely Orth.

Johann Fries, 1722--1793, was a contemporary of George III,
1738--1820, the German King of England during the American Revolution.

Eva Fries, nee Orth, 5-15-1710--2-5-1762, was most likely born in
Strüth. Eva Fries, nee Orth was the Godmother for a Eva Bruckner,
the daughter of Nicholaus Bruckner. The Bruckner's were the Godparents
for at least two of Johann Fries', 1722--1793, children. A family named
Oxner may be related to
the Fries family. Oxner's were also baptismal sponsors for the Fries
children.

Eva Orth's, 1710--1762, father was Johann Philipp Orth, <1690--.
Her mother was Barbara Fries, <1690--. This Barbara Fries may be
linked to the Fries paternal family line earlier in the 1600's.

Johann Fries, 1722--1793, lived through the War of the Austrian
Succession, (1740-1748). The area around his home was in constant
turmoil due to this war and the Seven Years War, (1756-1763).

1.7.7.5.4. Johann Fries, 1722--1793, was most likely a
farmer. Johann Fries, 1722--1793, and Eva Orth, 1710--1762, may not
have married in
Strüth as no record can be found. Johann Fries and Eva Orth? had
the following
five children.

1.7.7.5.4.1. Filia Fries, 9-10-1741--, the first of ten
children of Johann Fries and the first of five children by Eva Orth

1.7.7.5.4.2. Nikolaus Fries, 10-17-1743--6-22-1823, the
second of ten children of Johann Fries and the second of five children
by Eva Orth. Nikolaus Fries was
married on 2-14-1775. Most likely in the village of Strüth. His
wife's name is
unknown. Michael Oxner was his baptismal sponsor.

1.7.7.5.4.3. Adam Fries, 7-8-1745--, the third of ten
children of Johann Fries and the third of five children by Eva Orth.
Godparents were
Nicholaus and Dorothea Bruckner.

1.7.7.5.4.4. Dorothea Fries, 12-1-1748--, the fourth of ten
children of Johann Fries and the fourth of five children by Eva Orth.
Godparents were
Nicholaus and Dorothea Bruckner.

1.7.7.5.4.5. Johannes Georg Fries, 5-21-1752--2-8-1824, the
fifth of ten children of Johann Fries and the fifth of five children by
Eva Orth and is our
direct paternal ancestor. was born in the small village of
Strüth, Bavaria,
Germany. His baptismal godfather was Johannes Oxner from Strüth.
Johannes Fries' wife, Anna Maria Häff, 1759--1832, was born in
Bütthard, Bavaria. Johannes Georg Fries married Anna Maria
Häff sometime
before 1785. Johannes was most likely a farmer. The Kützbrunn,
Bütthard and Strüth village church records have been checked
but the marriage records have not been found. They were most likely
married in Strüth, Bavaria. Johannes Georg Fries and Anna
Maria Häff had the following ten children
which continue further down in this history.

After Eva died, 1.7.7.5.4. Johann Fries, 1722-1793, married
Barbara Fries, c. 1744--12-11-1798, in Strüth on 8-27-1763.
Barbara's
father was Casper Fries and her mother's name was Eva. This is another
maternal Fries line to
appear in our Fries paternal family line. However, it is not directly
connected
to our line as Barbara was our ancestor's step mother. It however, most
likely
connects to our paternal family line in the 1600's. Barbara Fries died
on
Tuesday, 12-11-1798, most likely in Strüth. Johann Fries and
Barbara Fries had five children.

1.7.7.5.4.6. Michael Fries, 3-11-1764--<1766, the sixth
of ten children of Johann Fries and the first of five children by
Barbara Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.7. Michael Fries, 7-23-1766--, the seventh of ten
children of Johann Fries and the second of five children by Barbara
Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.8. M. Walburger Fries, 10-9-1766--, the eighth of
ten children of Johann Fries and the third of five children by Barbara
Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.9. Sebastian Fries, 9-10-1774--, the ninth of ten
children of Johann Fries and the fourth of five children by Barbara
Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.10. Anna Maria Fries, 1-26-1778--, the tenth of
ten children of Johann Fries and the fifth of five children by Barbara
Fries.

1.7.7.5.5. Andreas Fries, 9-2-1724--, the fifth of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.6. Kasper Fries, 12-9-1726--<1733, the sixth of
ten children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.7. Joseph Kasper Fries, 2-1-1729--, the seventh of
ten children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.8. Maria Fries, 4-26-1730--, the eighth of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.9. Kasper Fries, 3-27-1733--, the ninth of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.5.10. Ursula Fries, 8-7-1734--, the tenth of ten
children of Andreas Fries and Margaretha Fries.

1.7.7.6. Filiolus Fries, 11-22-1697--, the sixth of seven
children of Andreas Fries 1659--1723, and the fourth of four by
Margaretha Neff
born in Strüth.

After Margaretha Neff, 1663--1697, died, 1.7.7. Andreas
Fries, 1659--1723,
married his third wife, Barbara Waldtmann, on 5-13-1698, in
Strüth. They
had one child.

1.7.7.7. Anna Fries, 11-10-1701--, the seventh of seven
children of Andreas Fries and the only one by Barbara Waldtmann born in
Strüth.

As of 1580, the origin of the paternal side of the Fries family is a
German village called Strüth, parish of Röttingen, District
of Würzburg in the Franconia Region of Bavaria near the Baden
border. Strüth is about
15 miles south of Kützbrunn. St. John Nepomucen or Nepomuk is the
name
of the church in the village of Strüth in 1991.

The many women that married into the Fries family came from the
surrounding villages in the Strüth, Bavarian area. Most of the
members of the maternal side of the Fries family came from the small
villages of Bütthard and Sonderhofen in Bavaria.

The paternal Fries family migration path over several generations
was most
likely from the village of Strüth,
Würzburg District, Bavaria
(parish
of Röttingen) to Kützbrunn,
parish of Grunsfeld, Main Tauber
District,
Baden, to America, to Belleville,
Illinois at 38.30.08 N and 89.58.20
W.
The majority of our maternal ancestors were from the village of
Sonderhofen
in Bavaria. Strüth
is about 15 miles south of the
village of Kützbrunn
located in the Franconia area of Bavaria.

Most of the Fries ancestors were farmers. Until the mid 1800s,
Germany was a nation of poets and peasants. Germany was the breadbasket
of Europe, exporting Europe's main supply of grain. Even so, Germany's
agriculture was backward, characterized by hand labor and low per
capita income. The rural population was limited by tradition, subject
to controls by landlords and communes, and defenseless against hunger
and diseases.

Peasants could not protect their crops against blight, insects or
cutworms. Their livestock died of any diseases that happened along.
They could not protect
themselves or their families against epidemics or typhus that came
every
summer to every farming village in Southern Germany.

The first half of the 1800s, saw the establishment of a personally
free peasantry, transfers of land and a sharp increase in the owners of
small farms.
The world that Johann Fries entered as a child in 1722, was greatly
influenced
by the great European thinkers of the 17th and 18th century. 1.7.7.5.4.
Johann Fries, 1722--1793, was born only 54 years before
the American Revolution
began.

The Seven Years War, 1756-1763, started only 3 years after 1.7.7.5.4.5.
Johannes Fries, 1752--1824, was born. Prussia and Austria were the main
combatants in the Seven Years War. This conflict had a world wide
impact.

Earlier events in Europe would shape the destiny of the Fries
Family. In
1661, approximately 2 years after 1.7.7. Andreas Fries,
1659--1723, was born, the great French King, Louis XIV came to power.
His reign and spending habits would set France and Europe on the path
to revolution.

The Russian Czar, Peter the Great, took control of that country in
1721. During his reign, he would make Russia a world power. In July
1683, the Turks had 300,000 horse soldiers under the walls of Vienna.
Vienna is about a five day horseback ride from the village of the Fries
family. It was only by the year 1699, that the yearly invasions of
Europe by the Turks from the Ottoman Empire were finally stopped. This
was the world, as 1.7.7.5.4. Johann Fries was born in 1722, in
the small Bavarian village of Strüth, in the
parish of Röttingen.

The people and world powers that would shape the Fries destiny were
varied and probably unknowing as to how their ideas would affect the
future direction of Europe and America.

In the 1500's, there were two great world powers, the Turks and the
Spanish. Both would influence the future of the Fries family. Spain had
already discovered America and the Turks would invade Europe on a
yearly basis and may have laid
the groundwork in Europe for the turmoil that caused the Fries family
to
leave Germany. Spain discovered the physical space where the Fries
family and other immigrants could settle to begin new lives.

Voltaire was the leading thinker of the 18th century. He and the
other French writers would be a major cause of the great French
Revolution of 1789. While the new undeveloped physical space called
America got its laws from England, it got it's freedom from France.
That revolution, several hundred miles from where Johann Fries,
1722--1793, was born, would eventually lead to his grandson, Georgius
Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and his family, leaving
Germany for America. Johann Fries, 1722--1793, was born into a world
that
was about to change dramatically, and continue to change for many years
to
come.

1.7.7.5.4. Johann Fries, 8-27-1722--3-24-1793, or his son, 1.7.7.5.4.5.
Johannes Georg Fries, 1752--1824, could have been born a serf. Serfdom
in
Germany lasted until 1807. However, the records state that Johann's son
Johannes Fries,
1752--1824, was a citizen and farmer of Kützbrunn, a town in the
present
day state of Baden-Wuerttenberg in the southern half of West Germany.
Johannes's
wife, Anna Maria Häff, 9-25-1759--2-19-1832, was born in the small
village
of
Bütthard, Bavaria. Bütthard is about five miles
north
east of Kützbrunn, Baden. Strüth is about 15 miles south of
Bütthard,
Bavaria.

1.7.7.5.4.5. Johannes Georg Fries, 1752--1824, was born in
Strüth, Bavaria. Both Johannes Fries and his wife, Anna Maria
Häff
settled in Kützbrunn, Baden after they were married. Neither the
Röttingen Parish records nor
the Catholic Churches in Kützbrunn, Strüth, nor Bütthard
have
any record of the marriage for Johannes Fries, 1752--1824, and Anna
Maria
Häff. The name Häff can be spelled Häaf, Häff or
Haag.

The Bavarian village of Strüth where the Fries family comes from:

The history now gets complex as it goes back several generations. I
have put the
Häff family line in outline form below. The outline starts with
the parents of Anne Maria Fries, nee Häff, 1759--1832.

Father: Martin Haaf, 5-4-1715--3-5-1774, born and died in
Bütthard,
Bavaria. He was the town judge. His brother's name was Conrad Haaf,
-->1785. Martin's first wife's name was Margaretha, --<1745,
maiden name unknown. His second wife was Margaretha Carl, --<8-1757.
They were married on 6-7-1757, in Euerhausen. His third wife was Anna
Maria Reussmann. They were married on 8-29-1758, most likely in
Bütthard.

Mother: Anna Maria Haaf, nee Reussmann, 5-25-1729--1-22-1803, born
in
Gaurettersheim, Würzburg, Bavaria. Most likely had a brother named
Andreas Reussman that
was the baptismal sponsor to Andreas Fries, 1785-->1834. Anna was
the
third wife of Martin Haaf. Anna died in Bütthard.

Paternal Grandfather: Sebastian Haaf (Hag), 12-18-1674-->1715,
born in
Bütthard. Name may be spelled Hag instead of Haaf. He was the town
shoemaker. His second wife was Margaretha Busch, married on 8-20-1715.
His first wife and our ancestor was, Veronica, <1695--<1715,
maiden name unknown.

Paternal Grandmother: Veronica Unknown, <1695--<1715, born in
Bütthard, Bavaria. Maiden name is unknown. Veronica was the first
wife of Sebastian Haaf.

Maternal Grandfather: Leonhard Reussmann, 3-1-1689--11-26-1762, born
and died in Gaurettersheim, Bavaria. He was married to Anna Maria
Unknown sometime before 1733. He was a town judge.

Maternal Grandmother: Anna Maria Unknown, <1713--3-20-1760,
died in
Gaurettersheim, Bavaria. Maiden name is unknown. Married to Leonard
Reussmann.

Paternal Great Grandfather: Adam Haaf, 4-11-1629-->1674, born in
Bütthard, Bavaria. Married Magdalina sometime before 1672. He was
the town judge.

Paternal Great Grandmother: Magdalina Unknown, <1654-->1674,
maiden name is unknown. Married to Adam Haaf.

Maternal Great Grandfather: Adam Reismann, 4-28-1674-->1689, born
in
Gaurettersheim, Bavaria. Married Anna, <1669--, sometime before
1689.

Maternal Great Grandmother: Anna, <1669--, maiden name
is unknown.
Married Adam Reismann.

Paternal Great Great Grandfather: Sebastian Haag,
>1592-->1629, wife's
name is unknown. Most likely lived in Bütthard and married before
1624.

Maternal Great Great Grandmother: Eva Unknown,
<1654--10-13-1687, maiden
name is unknown. Eva married Christoph Reismann. Eva died in
Gaurettersheim, Bavaria.

Kützbrunn, Baden is a
very
small town lying in the beautiful rolling hills of
the German countryside. Kützbrunn is in the parish of Grunsfeld,
Main
Tauber District. In 1848, the local newspaper stated that there were 46
houses
and 289 individuals in the town of Kützbrunn. Today, it has
approximately 50 houses and 235 people. There aren't any fences in the
entire area, and hence very few livestock, just field after field of
wheat. Wheat and turnips are the major production crop of the
surrounding countryside.

There aren't any traditional remote farm houses in Kützbrunn,
Baden. Historically, you lived in town where it was safe and every day
you would go out to your farm to work the fields. This is probably a
tradition carried over from the olden days of people banding together
for protection. The entire area is extremely clean and well kept in the
true German tradition.

Fifteen miles north of Bütthard and Strüth, in the area
around Würzburg they raise wheat, sheep, plum trees and grapes for
excellent wine. The town of Würzburg was built on the banks of the
River Main. Today, the River Main is the European link between the
Rhine and the Danube River. Even today, the town of Würzburg has
the appearance of a fortress.

The earliest known history of the Bütthard-Strüth area
states that there was a Celtic refuge on the River Main in the year
1000 b.c. One hundred b.c. saw the Germanic Conquest of the area. The
first cathedral in the area was built in Würzburg in 788 a.d. It
was dedicated in the presence of Charlemagne, the emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire. He was also in the area
in 787 and 791 a.d. About 1200 a.d., Würzburg had some 5,000
inhabitants. Martin Luther visited the area in 1518, just 62 years
before Burkhard Fries was born.

Around 1750, the Würzburg area became
one of the major German
centers for the arts and learning. Würzburg still has that
reputation today. By 1830, the Würzburg area had over 22,000
inhabitants. In 1945, the town of Würzburg was almost completely
destroyed in a British Air attack. The population dropped from 120,000
to less than 5,000. By 1956, the population again had grown to over
100,000.

The Strüth area of Germany
was invaded and conquered by Sweden in 1631. Swedish rule lasted for
three years until 1634. For these three years the Fries' family
was ruled by King Gustav Adolph of Sweden. Burkhard Fries was living
during
the first Swedish invasion. The Swedish invasion of 1655, was extremely
bloody.
This invasion was more to the east, centering in Poland.
On the left is a map of Struth and surrounding villages.

Apparently war is a constant thread throughout the history of the
area. Even the peasants tried an unsuccessful revolt in 1525. Perhaps
the father or grandfather of the earliest maternal Fries ancestor,
Michael Eck, c.1545--, was in that revolt. That ancestor may have been
involved in the 1529 invasion of the Turks that went far into Europe to
the walls of Vienna.

Johannes Fries, 1752--1824, and Anna Marie Häff, 1759--1832,
were married sometime before 1785. The exact date and place is unknown.
There isn't
any record of their marriage in the towns of Kützbrunn, Baden,
Bütthard
or Strüth, Bavaria. Johannes would have been about thirty two and
Anna
Maria Häff about twenty six years old at the time of their
wedding,
c.1784.

Anna Maria Häff, 1759--1832, was from the town of
Bütthard. Like
Würzburg it looks like a fortress town. Wheat milling is the major
industry.
Bütthard is extremely clean and well kept. It is a larger village
than
Kützbrunn, Baden with old stone buildings and walls. Bütthard
is
right across the state line in Bavaria. Bütthard is a town in the
new
county of Ochsenfurt, district of Underfranken, in Bavaria. Local
Catholic Church records go back to 1592.

Soon after 1.7.7.5.4.5. Johannes Georg Fries,
5-21-1752--2-8-1824, was born, the War of the
Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War began. The results of these
wars were the
beginnings of the great German States of Holenzollen and Hapsburgs.
These two states would fight each other for the control of Germany.
These wars were
no more than a prelude to the Great Napoleonic Wars that would change
the
future course of all Europe.

The German state of Baden Wuerttenberg had its share of battles and
wars. One of our ancestors, Anna Maria Geßner, 1638--1681, was
killed in one
of the Baden Wars. When the Thirty Years War ended in 1648, the
population of the German state of Baden had been reduced from 450,000
to 166,000. Eventually, the estimated final immigration from Baden to
America was 600,000 people. The total number of German immigrants to
America reached six million people.

In 1752, when Johannes Georg Fries was born, Louis XV was becoming
King of
France, England was about to lose her colonies, and Catherine the Great
was crushing a peasant revolt in Russia. In 1776, about the time
Johannes Fries reached the age of 24, a new nation, America, was born.
By 1786, when Johannes Fries was thirty three years old, Frederick the
Great had succeeded in making Germany a great European power.

As a farmer in the last quarter of the 1700's your very survival
depended on the crops you produced. When an army at war went into the
field it lived off the surrounding countryside. As the army moved, it
ate its way through the winter food reserve of the local people.

As a farmer winning against the elements was difficult enough, but
when every army from a thousand miles came marching through looking for
a handout, things could get pretty tough. That is probably how it was a
lot of the time in Germany from the late 1700's, until after 1815.

Johannes Georg Fries, 1752--1824, died on Sunday, February 8, 1824,
in
Kützbrunn, Baden at 72 years of age. He was buried there on the
day he died. Eight years later, Johannes' wife, Anna Maria Häff,
1759--2-21-1832, died in Kützbrunn at eight o'clock in the morning
on
February 19, 1832, at the age of 73. The death record states that she
received all the sacraments of the church before she died. Anna Maria
Fries, nee Häff, was buried in Kützbrunn, Baden
on February 21, 1832. The attending priest at the time was Father
Waldharr.

1.7.7.5.4.5. Johannes Georg Fries, 5-21-1752--2-8-1824, and
his wife,
Anna Maria Häff, 1759--1832, had at least the following six
children, all born
in Kützbrunn, Baden, Germany.

1.7.7.5.4.5.1. Andreas Fries, 5-13-1785-->1834, the
first of six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff. Andreas Fries took the
name Konrad later in life. His two baptismal sponsors were Andreas
Reissmann from Gaurettersheim, a small village east of Bütthard,
and Conrad Haaff, the
son of Martin Haaff of Bütthard. Conrad Haaff was most likely Anna
Maria
Fries, nee Häff's brother. Andreas Reissmann was related to
Andreas Fries,
1785-->1834, most likely the uncle of his mother, Anne Maria Fries,
nee
Häff, 1759--1832.

1.7.7.5.4.5.2. Johannes Michael Fries, 1-11-1788--1-18-1788,
the second of six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff who died in Kützbrunn, Baden. His godfather
and paternal uncle was
Michael Fries. Strüth, Bavaria is just south east of
Kützbrunn, Baden near Röttingen.

1.7.7.5.4.5.3. Johannes Fries, 5-24-1789--, the third of
six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff

1.7.7.5.4.5.4. Maria Anna Fries, 6-30-1791--, the fourth of
six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff

1.7.7.5.4.5.5. Georgius Michael Fries, 9-29-1793-->1848,
the fifth of six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff. Georgius Michael Friesand his remaining
family left for America
in 1848. He took his family to America in 1848 when he
was 55 years old. Georgius Michael Fries and his Fries ancestors are
our direct ancestors
and therefore they are the ancestors that are common to all the known
American
Fries descendants. See further down in this history.

1.7.7.5.4.5.6. Johannes Michael Fries, 7-28-1797--c.1798,
the sixth of six children of Johannes Fries and
Anna Maria Häff died in Kützbrunn, Baden. His godfather was
Johannes Michael
Fries, son of Nicholas Fries, citizen of Bütthard, Bavaria.

Except for Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, there isn't any
additional information on any of the children previously listed with
the exception
of Andreas Fries, 1785-->1834. Andreas or Konrad as he was called
later
on in life, was the baptismal sponsor for Konradus Fries, 1834--1897,
one
of Georgius Michael Fries', 1793-->1848, children, who was born and
baptized in Kützbrunn, Baden.

Anna Maria Fries, nee Häff, 1759--1832, was still living when
her son, Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, was married at nine in
the morning, in Kützbrunn on February 21, l827. Johannes Fries,
1752--1824, had died some three years before.

In 1827 in Kützbrunn, Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848,
listed in local
Kützbrunn marriage records as a citizen and farmer, married
Cristina Deppisch, 2-20-1801-->1848, born in Sonderhofen, Bavaria,
on
Friday, February 20, 1801. The term "citizen" was used by the French
revolutionaries to denote the new freedom and equality they fought for
during the French Revolution. Perhaps the Germans took the term from
the French. Georgius Michael was thirty four and Cristina was twenty
six at the time of the wedding in Kützbrunn, Baden.

Georgius Michael Fries was born in Kützbrunn, Baden, Germany on
Sunday, September 29, 1793. On February 20, 1801, when Cristina
Deppisch was born, her family was living in Sonderhofen, Würzburg,
Bavaria at house number 62.

Cristina Deppisch's, 1801-->1848, parents were not living at the
time of her wedding in 1827, in the small church in Kützbrunn.
Perhaps, that was the reason Cristina Deppisch, 1801-->1848, and
Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, were married in Kützbrunn,
Baden and not in Sonderhofen, Bavaria the parish of the bride.

Cristina's father was Andreas Deppisch, 1759--1800, born on
Thursday, November
1, 1759, in the town of Sonderhofen, Bavaria. A sponsor at the baptism
of
Andreas Deppisch, 1759--1800, was Andreas Düll. Düll is a
family name that runs throughout the Fries history. This Düll was
most likely related to Andreas Deppisch's, 1759--1800, maternal
grandmother, Anna Maria Kemmer, nee Düll, 1689--1756.

Margaretha Betz, 1765--1813, was Cristina's mother. Margaretha Betz
was born in Sonderhofen on Sunday, March 24, 1765. Andreas Deppisch and
his wife, Margaretha Betz were married on Tuesday, July 3, 1787, in the
town of Sonderhofen, Bavaria.

Cristina Deppisch's, 1801-->1848, parents were married some
fourteen years before she was born. It is likely that she was not the
first born in the family. Cristina must have had a difficult childhood,
as her father Andreas Deppisch, 1759--1800, died five months before she
was born and her mother Margaretha Betz, 1765--1813, died when she was
only 13 years old.

Andreas Deppisch, 1759--1800, died on Sunday, September 7, 1800, in
Sonderhofen, Bavaria. Andreas' wife, Margaretha Betz, 1765--1813, died
on Saturday, May 22, 1813, in Sonderhofen.

Cristina may have been raised by a relative named Johann Georg
Deppisch. He was a witness at her parent's wedding. Most likely, this
Johann Georg Deppisch
was Andreas Deppisch's, 1759--1800, brother or perhaps his father.

Here again the history gets complex as to the many different
ancestors and how they relate to the Fries family. There are over 1000
different ancestors that have to be positioned. That is not something
that can be done easily in text. I have listed the ancestors below that
have some known fact associated with them such as dies in a war or
killed by the black plague.

Some names have changed over time and several generations.
Kraß to
Kraus is an example of this. The ß is the German letter for "ss".
The
name Kraß is pronounced Krauss. If all the names of our ancestors
were
known back to 1545, the list would have over 16,000 names. Here is a
list
of the ancestors that follows starting with the
parents
of Cristina Fries, nee Deppisch, 1801-->1848 and ends with
the 15th known generation of Fries' ancestors. They go back in
complete sets, all of Christina's grandparents, all of her great
grandparents and so on. They number almost 200 individuals so I had to
put them on a separate web page [bold web page above].

The Mormons, experts in the ancestor field, state that all ancestor
diagrams as you go back in time begin looking like the classic < on
it's side and about the 14th or 15th generation it begins to fall back
into a traditional diamond shape, i.e. This is due to many of
our ancestors having the same grandparents or great grandparents and
marrying their first or second cousins to insure land holdings and a
regular food supply. Our Fries family goes back 15 generations.

Sönderhoffen is a small town. It is likely, that the families
of Grumbach,
Betz and Deppisch were very good friends. That may be the reason why a
Christina
Grumbach was the sponsor at the baptism of Cristina Deppisch in 1801,
and
Margaretha Deppisch was the sponsor at the baptism of Margaretha Betz
in
1765. Both families were interrelated.

Sönderhoffen, located in Bavaria, is approximately eight miles
east of Kützbrunn. Sönderhoffen is in the new county of
Ochsenfurt, District
of Underfranken in Bavaria. The local church records go back to 1588.

Like Kützbrunn and Bütthard, Sönderhoffen is a small
village located in Germany's farming area. It sits at the intersections
of two highways so it appears to be more active than Kützbrunn or
Bütthard. Sönderhoffen is in Bavaria, five miles east of
Bütthard.

The single striking feature of the town of Sönderhoffen is the
inside of the town church. While most churches in the area have been
rebuilt, the one in Sönderhoffen may date from the 18th century.
The inside design is heavy German Baroque, with the statues coming off
the wall in a floating three dimensional effect. The Fresco paintings
on the walls, ceilings, and behind the altar are uncommonly beautiful.

The church tower of Sönderhoffen is the traditional Turkish
tower. This style of building for churches in Germany was prevalent in
the 18th century.
The German word Berlin is actually a Turkish word. The word
Philadelphia is
a German word with its origin in the Turkish language. Early in
European history,
the invasion by the Turks from the Ottoman Empire was an annual event.
In
July 1683, the Turks had 300,000 soldiers under the walls of Vienna.
Vienna
is about a five day horseback ride from the village of the Fries
family. It was only by the year 1699, that the yearly invasions of
Europe by the Turks from the Ottoman Empire were finally stopped.

Sönderhoffen is 20 miles south of Würzburg and lies in a
flat section of Bavaria as compared to Kützbrunn and Bütthard
in a hilly section.

In the graveyard surrounding the Sönderhoffen church there
aren't any Betz names but there are several Deppisch names. Deppisch is
a common name in the area.

Every German church seems to have its monuments for the local men
for both
German wars, The Great War and WW II. The Deppisch's [ most likely our
relations]
buried in the Sönderhoffen church graveyard were,

George Deppisch, 1882--8-22-1917, at 35 died in Germany during
The Great War.

Martin Deppisch, 1860--1926,

Michael Deppisch, 5-27-1866--1-28-1934,

Sönderhoffen is a small town. Although these Deppisch's were
probably two or three generations after Cristina Deppisch, they were
most likely related to her. The church in Sönderhoffen is very
German, with the iron crosses at the entrance to the church.

Most likely, the whole town of Kützbrunn attended the wedding
of Georgius
Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and Cristina Deppisch, 1801-->1848.
In
the old days there was a rush to be married before Lent began. By
church law
you could not be married during Lent. Therefore, there may have been
more
than one wedding on that day.

The wedding of Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and Cristina
Deppisch, 1801-->1848, took place in Kützbrunn on Wednesday,
February 21,
1827. The name of the priest that said the wedding mass was Father
Waldharr.
The witnesses were Nikolaus Geiger, farmer, and Peter Wundling, bailiff
of
Kützbrunn. Nice to be friends with the town cop.

Although the town of Kützbrunn had its own small church, it is
considered to be part of the larger parish of Grunsfeld-Zimmern in the
county of Tauberbischofsheim, (old county of Mosbach) in Baden.
Kützbrunn is in the parish of Grunsfeld, Main Tauber District in
Baden. The towns of Grunsfeld and Zimmern are about three miles from
Kützbrunn.

As of 1983, there wasn't any evidence of any Fries' living in
Kützbrunn or Bütthard. There aren't any Fries' in the small
cemetery surrounding the Kützbrunn church. Deppisch seems to be a
common name in the area. However, in the cemetery, next to the Church
in Grunsfeld, there are three graves, two for Deppisch and one for
Fries.

Maria Johanna Deppisch, 8-5-1903--5-27-1920,

Johann Deppisch, 3-17-1862--6-22-1931,

Leo Fries, 10-12-1919--12-31-1978,

On Monday, September 29, 1793, Georgius Michael Fries,
1793-->1848, son of Johannes Fries, 1752--1824, and Anna Maria
Häff, 1759--1832, was
born into the Holy Roman Empire. That Empire had been in existence
since 400
a.d. Due to the Napoleonic Wars, the Holy Roman Empire would cease to
exist
by 1806.

Napoleon's forces first entered the area around Kützbrunn in
1796. Three years after Georgius Michael was born, he had a French King
as his new
ruler. England and France were at war, and Napoleon would keep Europe
at
war for the next 16 years. Napoleon was again in the area around
Kützbrunn in 1806, 1812, and 1813.

When Georgius Michael Fries turned 22 in 1815, Napoleon was defeated
the first time. The great powers of Europe were dividing up the spoils.
This resulted
in each German State, 39 in all, with its own ruler, its own flag and
its
own taxes. Most likely, Georgius Michael Fries was hoping all this war
would
end so he could get back to farming.

Europe saw sweeping changes after the Napoleonic Wars. Nationalism
was growing in every country. Liberty and freedom were the new ideals
everyone wanted. The industrial revolution was in full force and coming
of age.

Georgius Michael Fries was forty four years old in 1837, when Queen
Victoria assumed the throne of England and began her long reign.
Georgius was also a contemporary of Karl Marx, 1818--1883, and the
Civil War General, Ulysses S. Grant, 1822--1885.

Fredrick William IV, was the ruler of Germany from 1840 to 1861. He
was the Hohenzollen Ruler and King of Prussia. It is under this ruler
that the Fries family left Germany.

This was the world when Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, was
born and as he grew up. It was quiet from 1815, till well after he was
married in 1827. Most likely, both Georgius Michael Fries and his wife
Cristina Deppisch died in America sometime after 1848. Their exact date
and place of death is
unknown.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5. Georgius Michael Fries, 9-29-1793-->1848,
and
Cristina Deppisch, 2-1-1801-->1848, had at least eight children, all
born in Kützbrunn, Baden, Germany. Only the first five are
expanded to include descendents as the last three appear to have died
in Geremy. The eight children are,

Maria Margaretha Fries, 4-12-1829--, the first of eight children
of Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who left for America. No
additional information is known about Maria.

Konradus Fries, 8-25-1834--2-18-1897, the second of eight
children
of Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who left for America.

Justina Becker, nee Fries, 6-13-1840--4-6-1914, the fourth of
eight children of Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who left for America.
Justina's obits state that she and her parents and siblings came from
Germany and settled in East St. Louis, IL.

Augusta Fries, 12-23-1842--, the fifth of eight children of
Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who left for America. No additional
information is known about Augusta Fries.

Unknown Fries, --<1848, the sixth of eight children of
Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who died in Germany.

Anna Maria Margaretha Fries, 11-30-1830--3-31-1831, the seventh
of eight children of Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who died in
Germany.

Carl Fries, 1839--<1848, the eighth of eight children of
Georgius Michael Fries and
Cristina Deppisch who died in Germany.

The last three of the Fries children above, Anna Maria Margaretha
Fries, Carl Fries
and the unknown Fries child died in Kützbrunn, Baden before 1848.

The history of the farmers in Germany is one hard time after
another. It
was a system that was barely workable in times of prosperity but not
workable in periods of falling agricultural prices or near famine. It
is no wonder that the peasants would riot or turn to banditry.

Agrarian unrest was at its worst in the years 1806 to 1810, during
the British blockade of Germany. Again in 1824, farm prices fell
drastically. In 1839, there was a very poor harvest. In 1845, the
potato crop failed. That
was extremely bad for the peasants as both the people and the livestock
were
depended on the potato.

Beginning in 1844, the harvest was poor in Germany and business
trade decreased.
Many Germans were hungry and out of work. It was war in the past, now
it
may have been the elements that the Fries family had to fight. In March
of
1848, news of a revolt in France set off revolts in Germany. Perhaps
Georgius
Michael Fries and his wife, Cristina Deppisch, thought the great German
wars
were going to begin all over again.

However, even though by the end of 1848, the situation in Germany
had improved.
Georgius Michael Fries and his family had left Germany earlier and may
not
have seen the improvement.

Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, his wife Cristina Deppisch,
1801-->1848, and their five children left Kützbrunn for America
on Thursday, April 6, 1848. Georgius Michael was 55 and Cristina was 47
years old at the time. They had been married for twenty one years when
they left Germany for a new home in America. The trip took from 40 to
50 days.

In 1848, James K. Polk was the 11th President of the United States
when the Fries family arrived in America. The population was about 22
million. President Polk had just finished a war with Mexico. The result
was that Texas and California were brought into the Union. Zachary
Taylor became the next president in 1849.

If the Fries family had immigrated one year later in 1849, they
might have
headed for the California gold rush instead of farming in Illinois.

The Fries family members emigrated from Kützbrunn,
Baden on April 6, 1848. Coming over to America in 1848, must have been
quite an adventure, not speaking anything but German and never seeing
the ocean before.

The Fries Immigrants

Fries Emigrant

Family
Relationship

Age at Departure
(Emigration)

YOB-YOD

Spouse

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.
Georgius
Michael Fries

Father

55

1793->1848

---

Cristina
Fries,
nee Deppisch

Mother

47

1801->1848

---

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.1.

Maria Margaretha Fries

Daughter

19

1829->1848

---

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.

Konradius Fries

Son

14

1834-1897

Barbara
Lucash

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.

Maria Anna
(Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries

Daughter

12

1836-1915

John
Wittmeier

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.

Justina Becker,
nee Fries

Daughter

8

1840-1914

August
Becker

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.5.

Augusta Fries

Daughter

6

1842->1848

---

The German emigration papers for the Fries family state that they
had sold
all their furniture on October 28, 1847, many months before they left.
Some
of the other goods that they sold right before they left were:

80 pounds of dried meat, worth 24 florin.

2 pecks of milled barley, worth 2 florin.

1 peck of dried beans, worth .30 florin.

70 lbs. of white flour, worth 5 florin.

30 lbs. of lard, worth 10 florin.

150 eggs, worth 1.40 florin.

3 rusted beds with new double size coverlet, 75 florin.

3 trunks, worth 16 florin.

Men's clothing, worth 10 florin.

Note the unusual amount of lard in the list above. In the old days
people used lard in cooking rather than butter which would spoil.
Bread, cakes, pies and
such foods were prepared using lard.

The total amount of assets and cash that the Fries family took with
them when they left Germany was 1178 florin. Georgius Michael had paid
off the mortgage back on January 19, 1848.

The Day of Reckoning was set for February 28, 1848. On that day,
Georgius Michael Fries and his wife Christina Fries, nee Deppisch stood
on the steps of the Kützbrunn Town Hall for several hours waiting
for any creditors to arrive. No creditor arrived so it was assumed that
Georgius Michael Fries
was free from debt and therefore could emigrate.

Georgius Michael Fries had to pay the court cost and also had to pay
a War Tax that went to pay for the revolution of 1848.

Even though they left early in the spring of 1848, the Fries family
may not have arrived in Belleville, Illinois until 1849. They might
have sat out the winter of 1848, somewhere in the east, perhaps Ohio or
Pennsylvania. Justina Becker, nee Fries' death certificate states the
year 1849, as the year Justina immigrated to America. That could be the
year she arrived in
Illinois.

In 1849, there was a sever cholera epidemic in Belleville, Illinois
and throughout most of the Mid West. All the cemeteries in St. Louis,
MO were closed due to the number of deaths.

One of the reasons the Fries family left Germany may have been to
escape the rule of the German Princes. They may not have realized that
eleven years
after they arrived in Illinois the next ruler of the United States
would
be a farmer named Abe Lincoln. Abe lived about 125 miles down the road
from the Fries family. This American form of government must have
seemed
very different than the old ruling structure back in Germany.

Lincoln was very clever in how he went about getting the large
German vote in down state Illinois. Lincoln secretly bought the most
widely read German weekly newspaper in Illinois. It was the "Illinois
Staats-Anzeiger" located in Springfield, IL It had a very large
readership in Belleville. It is safe to assume that our German
ancestors read Lincoln's views on the
coming Civil War. All German's read them but were unaware that Lincoln
was
the one doing the ghost writing as no one knew he owned the newspapers.

Most Germans sided with the Union rather than the South. Most
likely they
knew they were going to go to war and decided to go with the side that
advocated freedom rather then slavery. A major part of the German
Illinois
population left Germany in or after 1848 to gain freedom. Three of our
ancestors fought on the side of the Union in the Civil War.

Initially, St. Clair County was much larger than it is today. At one
time it covered almost one third of the state of Illinois.

Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and his family may have
emigrated from the ports of Hamberg or Bremen on the north coast of
Germany. They may also have left from the port of LeHavre in France.
They left Kützbrunn on April 6, 1848. The railroad did not reach
the Kützbrunn area till after 1850. Therefore, they either rode a
farm wagon or walked. If they walked it may have taken two months to
arrive at the port of Hamberg or Bremen. They most likely would have
sailed in early summer and arrived in America mid to late summer in
1848.

If they left from Bremerhaven, they would have sailed down the North
Sea to the English Channel. Sailing by England they would have seen the
towers and white chalk cliffs of Dover. Off the other side of the ship
they saw the city of Galle in France. They most likely, came over on a
three masted sailing ship with about 225 other immigrants. The trip may
have taken between 40 and 50 days.

The remaining history deals with the five known immigrant children
of 1.7.7.5.4.5.5. Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and
Christina Deppisch's descendants.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.1. Maria Margaretha Fries, 4-12-1829--,
the first of five
children of Georgius
Michael Fries and Cristina Deppisch emigrating for America. No
additional information is known about Maria.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2. Konradus Fries, 1834--1897,
the second of five
immigrant
children of Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and Cristina
Deppisch.
Konradus was fourteen at the time he made the Atlantic crossing.
Konradus was born on Monday, August 25, 1834, in Kützbrunn, Grand Duchy of Baden, Empire of Germany. He was born at five
thirty in the morning and was baptized at about 10 am by the parish
priest, Father Waldharr.

Father Waldharr had married Konradus' parents, Georgius Michael
Fries and
Cristina Deppisch some seven years earlier. His godfather (witness) was
his uncle, (Andreas) Konrad Fries, 1788--1834, the younger brother of
Georgius
Michael Fries, 1793-->1848.

Konradus married Barbara Lucash
(Lukas/Lukasek), 1840--1924, on January 16, 1868, at St. Peter's
Cathedral in Belleville, IL. Barbara Lucash was born in Prague, Bohemia, Hapsburg-Austrian Empire
on November 29, 1840. Barbara's father was Joseph Ignatz Lucash,
1793--1868. Her stepmother was Elizabeth Kraus / Kreuz / Cross (Chris),
1818--1904. Elizabeth was Joseph's second wife. Both were from Prague,
Bohemia, Hapsburg-Austrian Empire. The name Lucash means archer in
German and the Czech spelling is Lukáše.

Most likely, the Fries family farmed for a living when they arrived
in Illinois. Farmers in Illinois had many difficult times farming in
the 1860's. In 1869, there was an influx of bumblebees in Illinois.
During July and August of 1869, you might turn up as many as 20 nest of
bees when you were plowing a field. When that occurred you had to start
running and of course so did the plow horses. The winter of 1868, was
very sever. The cold froze chickens in the trees and froze quail on the
ground. It was so cold the limbs of apple trees split wide open. In
1867, there was a total eclipse of the sun one afternoon. It became so
dark that chickens went to roost.

Barbara's brother, John Lucash, was in the Civil War. Perhaps at
Konradus' wedding John Lucash and Konradus Fries talked about their
experiences in the Civil War.

Barbara and the Lucash family immigrated to America and Illinois in
1854. Barbara, the second oldest of 9 children, was 15 when the family
emigrated. Barbara, her three brothers Paul, John, and Joseph, her
older sister, Hanna and her parents came over from Prague, Bohemia, Hapsburg-Austrian Empire
and arrived at New Orleans, La. on 1-26-1854. The Lucash family then
came up the Mississippi River by steamboat to St. Louis then overland
to Freeburg, Illinois. The Lucash family left the German port of Bremen
in December of 1853.

Barbara and her older sister Hanna, most likely, had to take care of
her three younger brothers while they made the trip. Coming up the
Mississippi River on a steam boat in 1854, must have seemed like an
adventure. Seeing all the big plantations along the river would be
quite a contrast to the streets of Prague.

Barbara was twenty years old when the Civil War started in 1860.
Illinois was a free state and for the most part was on the side of the
Union. Barbara may have seen many similarities with the American Civil
War and the wars among the German Princes. In 1898, when Barbara was
fifty eight, the Spanish American War began.

Barbara and her children and her grandchildren most likely, went to
the World's Fair in St. Louis, in 1904. Perhaps they had one of the
first ice cream cones or hot dogs ever made. In 1898, Barbara lived at
315 S. Richmond St. Later she lived at 317 S. Second St. in Belleville,
IL.

At the start of WW I in 1914, Barbara Fries, nee Lucash was seventy
four. Sixty two years earlier she left her homeland. She could still
speak German, as could her son, Adolph Fries and his wife, Anne Blaies.
She had spent the first 12 years of her life in the Hapsburg-Austrian
Empire. Now, her adopted country was going to war with Germany and
Austria.

At 84, Barbara died in Belleville on Friday, June 4, 1924. She is
buried at Green Mount Cemetery, south east of Belleville. Barbara lived
right behind
St. Peter's school right where the small chapel now sits on the grounds
of
St. Peter's. Being so close to the school she used to bake cookies for
her
grandchildren after they had finished school for the day.

During the Civil War, Konradus Fries was a private in Company B,
149th Illinois Infantry. He listed Belleville as his place of residence
on enlistment. His unit appears to have had the duty of guarding
railroad trains during the eleven months he spent in the Union Army.
Illinois sent over 4,500 men
to fight in the Civil War. Konradus was mustered out on January 27,
1866,
at Dalton, Georgia. Dalton is a small town in northwest Georgia about
80 miles north of Atlanta.

The 149th Regiment Infantry was organized and mustered in, February
21, 1865, at Camp Butler, IL. It moved to Nashville, Tenn. early in
1865 and then on to Tullahoma, Tenn. The 149th was attached to the 1st
Brigade, Defenses
Nashville & Chattanooga R.R. They then proceeded to the Dalton, GA
area,
where the 149th was fighting (or guarding against) the famous
Confederate General, Joe Johnston. The 149th was assigned by
Major
General Steadman to duty guarding railroads. On May 1st, was assigned
to Colonel Felix Prince Salm’s Second Brigade, Second Separate
Division, Army of the Cumberland, and on May 2nd, moved to Dalton, GA.
On July 6, moved to Atlanta. On the 26th, being assigned to duty in the
Fourth Sub-District of District of Allatoona, it was assigned to guard
duty in that District. Mustered out January 27, 1866, at Dalton, Ga.,
and ordered to Springfield, Ill., where it received final payment and
discharge. The 149th lost 2 enlisted men in
battle and 1 officer and 70 enlisted men from disease. The 149th was
dissolved on January 27, 1866. They then moved back to Springfield,
Illinois for final discharge.

Konradus Fries was 31 years old at this time. Konradus was five foot
six, 135 pounds, and had red hair and gray eyes. He received $6.00 per
month pension after the war. Three years later in 1868, he married
Barbara Lucash.

The 1880 Illinois Census puts the Fries family on Richmond St. in
Belleville in the 4th ward. Konradus was listed as a laborer.

At 60 years of age, Konradus entered the Soldier's and Sailor's
Home in
Quincy, Illinois on November 14, 1894. His admission number was 2934,
his
listed disability, Asthma. He died there on February 18, 1897, at 63
years
of age. He is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois.
His
personal effects were sent to his sister Maria Anna (Margaret)
Wittmeier, 1836--1915.

The records list as follows

Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soliders for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895 in
Quincy, IL

Descriptive list of members admitted to Illinois
Soldiers and Sailors' Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers during the
year ending June 30, 1895

Konradus was buried in the Catholic Section of Walnut Hill Cemetery
that runs along Freeburg Ave. Many years later, his son Adolph Fries,
1879--1945, and his family lived at 508 Freeburg Ave. Barbara Fries,
nee Lucash, would come to dinner every Sunday at Adolph's house. From
the front door of 508 Freeburg Ave. you could look down the hill and
see where Konradus was buried in the Catholic Section of Walnut Hill
Cemetery. They may never have known this at the time. Konradus died
when Adolph was 18 years old.

Adolph's mother Barbara Fries, nee Lucash, lived on 317 South Third St. Her house was located on what is now
the grounds of St. Peter's. A small chapel is located on the exact spot
where Barbara's house stood.

Konradus Fries and Barbara Lucash had seven children, all born in
Belleville, Illinois. Their children are the first American born
generation of the Fries
family. They are; Edward, George, Joseph, Julius (Frank), Mary, John,
and
Adolph. Mary Kling, nee Fries was the first Fries daughter born in
America
and John Fries was the first Fries son.

The seven children of Konradus Fries and Barbara Lucash
all born in Belleville, IL

# in
History

Name of
child

YOB-YOD

Spouse

Where settled

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.

Mary Kling, nee Fries

1868-1906

Michael Kling

Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.2.

John Fries

1871-c. 1905

NA

Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.3.

Edward Fries

1872-1927

Ida Dahm

East St. Louis, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.

Joseph N. Fries

1875-1941

Caroline Reiner

Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.

George F. Fries

1877-1952

Margaret Dahm

Chicago, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.

Adolph Fries

1879-1945

Anne Blaies

Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.7.

Julius (Frank) Fries

1882-1932

Louisa Verhoff

Oceanside, CA

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1. Mary Kling, nee Fries,
10-1-1868--6-15-1906, was the
first of seven children of Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara
Lucash. Mary was
the first child born in America in the Fries family. On September 2, 1891, in Belleville, IL,
Mary Fries married Michael Kling [photo at left] whose parents were, Gottfried Kling,
1830--1914, and Anna Kramer, 1844--1896. Mary and Michael lived at 315
S. Richmond Street. Michael Kling, 9-29-1866--4-20-1932, was a
carpenter for most of his life. Michael and his family lived at 100 S.
34th St. in Belleville in 1931.

Michael Kling died at the home of his daughter in Freeburg,
Illinois. His
daughter's name was Estella Lucash, the wife of Joseph B. Lucash.
Michael Kling and his wife Mary Fries, are buried in Green Mount
Cemetery. Mary Kling, nee Fries, was the baptismal sponsor for several
Lucash children at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Freeburg, Illinois.

Mary Fries and Michael Kling had seven children, they are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.1. Arthur Franz Kling, 7-8-1892--1-5-1917,
first of
seven children
of Mary Fries and Michael Kling died at a hospital in Mount Vernon, IL.
Prior to his death, he was employed in Mt Vernon at the steel car
plant.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2. Estella Mary Lucash, nee Kling,
2-1-1894--9-18-1968,
the second of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling. Estella married Joseph B. Lucash Jr.,
7-12-1882--11-12-1974, at St Peter's Cathedral in Belleville, Illinois
on September 26, 1917.

Photo of Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash Jr. at left.

In 1912, Estella and Anna Hummel climbed the scaffolding to the top
of St Peter's Cathedral, which was under construction at the time.
Estella and Joseph lived in Freeburg, Illinois for most of their
married life and are buried in St. Joseph's cemetery in Freeburg.

Estella was the godmother for 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5. Florence
McTiernan,
nee Fries, 1911--2000. Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash have four
children, they are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1. Aloys J. Lucash born
6-21-1918--10-14-1985, first
of four children of Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash. In 1944, Aloys
married Thelma Gunther,
7-14-1923--, at St. Mary's Church in Madison, Illinois. During their
married life they lived in St. Louis until 1947 then moved to Granite
City, and his wife, Thelma, continues living at their home. Aloys was
buried from Sacred Heart Church at Sunset Cemetery in Edwardsville, IL.
They have two children,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.1. Mary Sue McTasney, nee Lucash,
5-24-1945--, the
first of two children of Aloys Lucash and Thelma Gunther. On
8-05-1967, Mary Sue Lucash married (now
retired) Colonel
Richard McTasney, 11-26-1944--, who was in the U S Air Force. The
Service
transferred the couple often and they have lived mostly in Tennessee
and
Oklahoma. She continued her education after marriage and is now a
Critical Care Registered Nurse, specializing in cardiology in Colorado.
Mary Sue Lucash and
Richard McTasney have two children,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.1.1. Brian James McTasney,
07-10-1969--, the
first of two children of Mary Sue Lucash and
Richard McTasney. On
6-3-1995, Brian James McTasney married Cappucine Michelle Roberts
of Grove, OK. Brian and
his wife live in Blanchard, a suburb of Okla. City. Brian James
McTasney and Cappucine Michelle Roberts have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. Tristen Patrick McTasney,
5-22-1998--, the
first of two children of Brian James McTasney and Cappucine Michelle
Roberts.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.1.1.2. Gabriel
Luke McTasney.
8-7-2001--, the second of two children of Brian James McTasney
and Cappucine Michelle
Roberts.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.1.2. Douglas Alan McTasney,
9-12-1970--, the
second of two children of Mary Sue Lucash and
Richard McTasney. On
8-9-1996, Douglas Alan McTasney married Buffie Leighanne Morton of
Blanchard, Ok and they
live in Blanchard.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.2. Robert A Lucash, 9-25-1949--, the
second of two children of Aloys Lucash and Thelma Gunther. Robert
served in the US Army where he
learned his skills as chef. On 11-7-1970, Robert A Lucash married
Pamela M Schmuck,
8-11-1951--, from Litchfield, IL. They live in Granite City, IL and
have two children,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.2.1. Stephanie Douglas, nee Lucash,
6-23-1972--,
the first of two children of Robert A Lucash and Pamela M Schmuck. On
10-2-1993,
Stephanie Lucash married Tye Lynn Douglas. They have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.2.1.1. Cora Elizabeth Douglas,
6-27-1998--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.1.2.2. Matthew Lucash, 2-23-1976--,
the second of
two children of Robert A Lucash and Pamela M Schmuck.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.2. Virginia E. Lucash, 7-8-1920--,
second of four
children of Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash born in Belleville, IL.
She cared for her parents in
Freeburg, IL. Some time after the death of her parents she moved from
the family residence
and currently lives in Belleville, Illinois. The family residence, a
Queen
Anne home, built in 1896 was recognized in 1986 at the St Clair County
Historical Society Landmark and Historic Site Awards.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3. Cyril E. Lucash,
7-10-1922--10-11-1994, third of
four children of Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash. Cyril E. Lucash
served in the Army Air Force in the
China/Burma theater during WWII. On 1-14-1948, Cyril Lucash married
Alice
Ziegler at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Freeburg, IL and resided in
Belleville IL, Florissant, MO. and O'Fallon, Missouri while working in
St Louis. After retirement they moved from Peoria, Illinois to Cuba,
Missouri where he is buried at Holy Cross
Cemetery. His wife Alice continues to live in Cuba, MO. Cyril Lucash
and Alice
Ziegler have the following five
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1. Michael J. Lucash, 1-08-1949--,
the first of
five children
of Cyril Lucash and Alice
Ziegler. Michael J. Lucash married Joyce Conner, 8-11-1948--, in
Belleville, IL. They
live
in O'Fallon, MO and have the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.1. Bethany Suzanne Meiser, nee
Lucash,
6-19-1970--, the first of three children of Michael J. Lucash and Joyce
Conner. On 5-29-1993,
Bethany Suzanne Lucash married Jeffry R
Meiser. They live in O'Fallon, MO and have the following four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.1.1. Jeffry Michael Meiser,
10-12-1994--, the
first of four children of Bethany Suzanne Lucash and Jeffry R
Meiser

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.1.2. Mathew Joseph Meiser,
3-21-1996--, the
second of four children of Bethany Suzanne Lucash and Jeffry R
Meiser

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.1.3. Justin Meiser, 10-08-1998--,
the third of
four children of Bethany Suzanne Lucash and Jeffry R
Meiser

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.1.4. Makayla
Suzanne
Meiser, 9-3-2000--, the fourth of
four children of Bethany Suzanne Lucash and Jeffry R
Meiser

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.2. Michael Scott Lucash, 6-2-1972--, the
second of three children of Michael J. Lucash and Joyce Conner. On
4-5-1997, Michael Scott Lucash married Jennifer Lynn Bewig. They had
one son that died at birth.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.2.1. Jacob Aaron Lucash,
8-3-2000--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.1.3. Timothy Lucash,
1-25-1977--, the third
of three children of Michael J. Lucash and Joyce Conner.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.2. Kathleen Mary Hudson, nee Lucash,
2-6-1954--, the second of five children
of Cyril Lucash and Alice
Ziegler born in Belleville, IL. On 8-27-1977,
Kathleen Mary Lucash married David Hudson, 1-23-1954--. Kathleen Mary
Lucash and David Hudson make their home
in Stillwell, KS and have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.2.1. Kerri Elizabeth Hudson,
8-29-1981--, the first
of two children of Kathleen Mary Lucash and David Hudson

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.2.2. Kristie Lee Hudson, 6-18-1984--,
the second of
two children of Kathleen Mary Lucash and David Hudson

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.3. Kevin Lucash, 1-6-1959--, the
third of five
children
of Cyril Lucash and Alice
Ziegler born in Florissant, MO and lives in Columbia. MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.4. Mark Aloys Lucash,
9-7-1960--, the fourth
of five children
of Cyril Lucash and Alice
Ziegler born in O'Fallon, MO. On 3-15-1986, Mark married Connie Sue
Pendleton. They make their home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and have one
child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.4.1. Alyssa Marie Lucash,
6-18-1990--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.5. Christopher F. Lucash,
12-23-1961--, the
fifth of five children
of Cyril Lucash and Alice
Ziegler born in O'Fallon, MO. A wedding to Alisa
Exposito is planned for July 29, 2000.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.4. Joseph A. Lucash, 12-19-1927--,
fourth of four
children of Estella Kling and Joseph B. Lucash born in Freeburg,
IL. He
served in the US Army from 1946-47. On 11-22-1951, at St Agnes Catholic
Church in St Louis, MO, Joseph A. Lucash married Dorothy M.
Hanneken, 9-02-1930--.
Before retirement, they lived in the St Louis, MO area but now reside
in Bolivar, MO. Joseph is a well known family historian. Joseph A.
Lucash and Dorothy M. Hanneken have two
children,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.4.1. Patricia M. Orazietti, nee Lucash,
11-27-1959--,
the first of two children
of Joseph A. Lucash and Dorothy M. Hanneken. On
10-14-1989, Patricia M. Lucash married Anthony Orazietti. They
live in Fenton, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.4.2. Joseph D. Lucash, 2-13-1964--, the
second of two
children
of Joseph A. Lucash and Dorothy M. Hanneken. On 3-15-1996,
Joseph D. Lucash married Rae Ann Samsill, 6-26-1970--, of Fort Worth,
Tx. They reside in
Flower Mound, Tx. with Rae Ann's daughter,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.2.4.2.1. Maegan Samsill, 8-9-1989--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3. Ida Schmidt, nee Kling,
10-23-1896--9-18-1934, the
third of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling. On 10-08-1919,
Ida
Kling married John Schmidt, 2-26-1894--9-27-1972, a veteran of WWI.
They
resided in Belleville, IL. Ida
Kling and John Schmidt had the following ten children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1. Rita Olinda Bien, nee Schmidt,
7-11-1920--, the
first of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt On 4-16-1947, in St Peters Cathedral in
Belleville, IL, Rita Schmidt married Gordon D. Bien, 12-9-1924--. They
live in
Belleville, IL and have six children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.1. Sue Ellen Austerman, nee Bien,
1-5-1950--, the
first of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien. On
11-19-1971, at St Teresa's, Sue
Ellen Bien married George Austerman, 4-12-1949--. Sue and George
had two children.
They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.1.1. Kelli Sue Austerman,
7-10-1973--, the first of
two children of Sue
Ellen Bien and George Austerman.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.1.2. Matthew Austerman, 8-20-1977--,
the second of
two children of Sue
Ellen Bien and George Austerman.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.2. Karen Ann Temporitti, nee Bien,
9-28-1951--, the
second of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien. On 8-4-1973,
Karen Ann Bien married John J.
Temporitti. They have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.2.1. Kristina Temporitti,
10-27-1975--, the
first of four children of Karen Ann Bien and John J.
Temporitti.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.2.2. John J. Temporitti, 8-18-1978--,
the
second of four children of Karen Ann Bien and John J.
Temporitti.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.2.3. Elizabeth W. Temporitti,
4-9-1980--, the
third of four children of Karen Ann Bien and John J.
Temporitti.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.2.4. Michael G. Temporitti,
6-2-1983--, the
fourth of four children of Karen Ann Bien and John J.
Temporitti.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.3. Patricia Marie Bien,
6-25-1953--, the
third of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.4. Jo Ann Redford, nee Bien,
1-27-1956--, the
fourth of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien. On
9-20-1975, Jo Ann Bien married Bruce
Campbell, --8-20-1975. Jo Ann married Dale Radford on 1-26-1996. Jo Ann
Bien and Bruce Campbell had the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.4.1. Kurt Allen Campbell,
12-20-1976--, the first
of three children of Jo Ann
Bien and Bruce Campbell

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.4.2. Holli Feuss, nee Campbell,
4-17-1979--,
the second of three children of Jo Ann
Bien and Bruce Campbell. Holli Campbell married Brian Feuss on
6-3-2000, at St Teresa's in Belleville,
Illinois.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.4.3. Nicole Campbell, 8-21-1980--,
the third of
three children of Jo Ann
Bien and Bruce Campbell.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.5. Robert John Bien,
9-10-1957--, the
fifth of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.6. Toni Kay Hannon, nee Bien,
1-2-1962--, the
sixth of ten children of Rita Schmidt and Gordon D. Bien. On 7-30-1983,
Toni Kay Bien married John Hannon. Toni Kay Bien and John Hannon have
three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.6.1. Valerie Lynn Hannon,
9-12-1987--, the
first of three children of Toni Kay Bien and John Hannon.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.6.2. Jennifer Diana Hannon,
8-11-????--, the
second of three children of Toni Kay Bien and John Hannon.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.1.6.3. Alan J. Hannon, 5-3-1995--,
the
third of three children of Toni Kay Bien and John Hannon.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.2. Raymond Elmer Schmidt,
8-24-1921--11-7-2007,
the second of
ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. Raymond Schmidt married Madeline Selgrade,
--2009, and
they have
one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.2.1. Joan Doerrfeld, nee
Schmidt, --,
the only child of Raymond Schmidt and Madeline Selgrade. Joan
Schmidt married Richard P. Doerrfeld. They had two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.2.1.1. Melissa Lee Doerrfeld,
--, the first
of two children of Joan Schmidt and Richard P. Doerrfeld.
Melissa Lee Doerrfeld is married
with one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.2.1.1.1. Baylee Unknown, sur name
unknown,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.2.1.2. Scott Doerrfeld, the second of
two children of
Joan Schmidt and Richard P. Doerrfeld.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3. Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr.,
5-20-1923--9-8-1965,
the third of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr was a veteran of WWII
and served in
the US Army 64 th Chemical Division. On 4-12-1947, Paul Joseph Schmidt
Sr married Minta Faith
at St Mary's Church in Belleville, Illinois and had the following five
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.1. Paul Joseph Schmidt, Jr,
10-26-1948--, the
first of five children of Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr and Minta Faith.
Paul Jr is a Purple Heart Veteran of the Vietnam War and
served
in the US Army from June 1968 to January 1970. On 2-19-1972, Paul
Joseph Schmidt, Jr married
Dorothy Feigl. They had three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.1.1. Paul Joseph Schmidt III,
11-30-1975--2-26-1997, the first of three children of Paul Joseph
Schmidt, Jr and Dorothy Feigl

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.1.2. Ryan Schmidt,
1-22-1981--, the second
of three children of Paul Joseph Schmidt, Jr and Dorothy Feigl

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.1.3. Emily Schmidt, 5-14-1984--,
the third of
three children of Paul Joseph Schmidt, Jr and Dorothy Feigl

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.2. Gary Scmidt, 1-4-1950--,
the second of
five children of Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr and Minta Faith. Gary is
a veteran of the Vietnam War and served in the US
Army from June
1969 threw Jan 1971. Gary Scmidt married Jaclyn Mayes and has the
following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.2.1. Todd Schmidt,
6-12-1976--, the first
of three children of Gary Scmidt and Jaclyn Mayes

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.2.2. Christopher Schmidt,
3-3-1979--, the second
of three children of Gary Scmidt and Jaclyn Mayes

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.2.3. Kevin Schmidt, 1-20-1983--,
the third of
three children of Gary Scmidt and Jaclyn Mayes

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.3. Mark Schmidt, 10-19-1954--,
the third of
five children of Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr and Minta Faith. Mark
Schmidt
married Deborah Marlen on 8-18-1979. They have
four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.3.1. Ashley Schmidt, 8-18-1982--,
the first of
four children of Mark Schmidt
and Deborah Marlen.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.3.2. Tara Schmidt, 9-14-1984--, the
second of
four children of Mark Schmidt
and Deborah Marlen.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.3.3. Brittany Schmidt, 3-5-1988-,
the third of
four children of Mark Schmidt
and Deborah Marlen.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.3.4. Toree Schmidt, 12-12 1991--,
the fourth of
four children of Mark Schmidt
and Deborah Marlen.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.4. Thomas Schmidt,
1-24-1959--, the fourth
of five children of Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr and Minta Faith.
Thomas Schmidt married Rhonda Boschert and have three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.4.1. Brian Andrew Schmidt,
8-13-1986--8-13-1986, the first of three children of Thomas
Schmidt married Rhonda Boschert

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.4.2. Megan Schmidt,
9-21-1990--, the second
of three children of Thomas Schmidt married Rhonda Boschert

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.4.3. Anna Schmidt, 8-25-1995--,
the third of
three children of Thomas Schmidt married Rhonda Boschert.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.5. Cathy Wilson, nee Schmidt,
11-1-1961--,
the fifth of five children of Paul Joseph Schmidt Sr and Minta
Faith. Cathy Schmidt married Michael Wilson on 10-2-1982. They
have
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.5.1. Jeffery Wilson, 8-23-1984--,
the first of
two children of Cathy Schmidt and Michael Wilson.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.3.5.2. Brandon Wilson, 5-1-1987--,
the second of
two children of Cathy Schmidt and Michael Wilson.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4. James Schmidt, 7-11-1924--, the
fourth of ten
children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. James Schmidt entered the Armed Services in May
1943 and served with the 754th
Field
Artillery Battalion in Europe. On 1-29-1947, James Schmidt married Fay
Wasem,
9-7-1927--8-20-1996. They had two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4.1. Terry Schmidt, 12-15-1947--, the
first of two
children of James Schmidt and Fay Wasem. On 5-10-1975,
Terry Schmidt married Jacquelyn Gale. They have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4.1.1. Shannon DeKeyrel, nee Schmidt,
the only
child of Terry Schmidt and Jacquelyn Gale. Shannon Schmidt
married Brian
DeKeyrel on 6-14-1997. They have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4.1.1.1. Tyler E. DeKeyrel,
3-13-1999--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4.2. David Schmidt, 11-25-1949--, the
second of two
children of James Schmidt and Fay Wasem. On 12-1-1973 at
St Phillip's in East St Louis, David Schmidt married Marlyn
Higgins. They have one
child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.4.2.1. Jason Schmidt, 5-11-1977--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5. Mary Abertine Clement, nee
Schmidt, 9-8-1925--,
the fifth of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. On 2-15-1947, Mary Abertine Schmidt married
Milton George
Clement, 8-22-1917--12-11-1987, at St Dominic's in Breese, Illinois.
They made their home in Belleville, IL and have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.1. Mary Ann Arnold, nee Clement,
11-14-1948--,
the first of four children of Mary Abertine Schmidt and Milton George
Clement. On 6-22-1968, Mary Ann Clement married James A.
Arnold, Jr, 11-25-1945--, at St Elizabeth's Chapel in Belleville. Mary
Ann Clement and James A.
Arnold, Jr have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.1.1. Daniel Arnold, 7-9-1974--, the
first of two
children of Mary Ann Clement and James A.
Arnold, Jr. On
6-20-1998, Daniel Arnold married Laura Ann Overmiller, 9-3-1970--. They
have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.1.1.1. Mackenzie Ann Arnold,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.1.2. Timothy Arnold, 9-16-1975--,
the second of
two children of Mary Ann Clement and James A.
Arnold, Jr. On
12-6-1996, Timothy Arnold married Christy Lee Tyson, 7-22-1971--. They
have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.1.2.1. Zachary Jordan Arnold,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.2. Stephen John Clement,
7-4-1951--, the second
of four children of Mary Abertine Schmidt and Milton George
Clement. Stephen John Clement married on 1-11-1975, Patricia Lynn
Guetterman,
11-3-1952--,
at St Peter's Cathedral in Belleville. They have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.2.1. Neil Clement, 1-31-1979--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.3. Linda K. Farris, nee Clement,
6-27-1952--,
the third of four children of Mary Abertine Schmidt and Milton George
Clement. Linda K. Clement married Ronald Farris,
9-20-1947--, in Belleville on 6-28-1975. They have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.3.1. Christopher Farris,
4-12-1979--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.4. Sharon Marie Taylor, nee
Clement,
1-15-1960--, the fourth of four children of Mary Abertine Schmidt
and Milton George
Clement. Sharon Marie Clement married Mark Taylor,
3-15-1960--, on 7-18-1987, at St Peter's Cathedral in Belleville.
Sharon Marie Clement and Mark Taylor have the following two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.4.1. Gregory Taylor, 10-16-1989--,
the first of
two children of Sharon Marie Clement and Mark Taylor.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.5.4.2. Kimberly Taylor, 8-29-1991--,
the second of
two children of Sharon Marie Clement and Mark Taylor.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.6. Dorothy Margaret Schmidt,
12-17-1926--,
the sixth of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.1. Janet Kay Joellenbeck, nee
Bietch,
11-2-1954--, the first of four children of Pauline Louise Schmidt and
Alvin Frank Bietch. Janet Kay Bietch married Norman Joellenbeck,
10-21-1940--, at St
Teresa's on 7-29-1978.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.2. Michael Walter Bietsch,
12-2-1955--, the
second of four children of Pauline Louise Schmidt and Alvin Frank
Bietch. On 6-20-1981, Michael Walter Bietsch married Deborah
Schindler, 11-12-1956--.
They have three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.2.1. Mathew Bietsch,
2-10-1986--, the first
of three children of Michael Walter Bietsch and Deborah
Schindler.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.2.2. Andrew Bietsch,
8-29-1989--, the
second of three children of Michael Walter Bietsch and Deborah
Schindler.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.2.3. Lori Bietsch,
2-6-1991--, the third of
three children of Michael Walter Bietsch and Deborah
Schindler.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.3. Donna Marie Bietsch,
11-1-1958--, the
third of four children of Pauline Louise Schmidt and Alvin Frank
Bietch.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.4. Ronald Bietsch, 6-13-1960--, the
fourth of
four children of Pauline Louise Schmidt and Alvin Frank Bietch.
On 9-4-1982, Ronald Bietsch married Julie Haynes, 3-25-1960--.
Ronald Bietsch and Julie Haynes have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.4.1. Kristin Bietsch, 2-7-1991--,
the first of
two children of Ronald Bietsch and Julie Haynes.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.7.4.2. Tyler Bietsch 8-12-1991--, the
second of two
children of Ronald Bietsch and Julie Haynes.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.8. Catherine Cecelia Mazzarino, nee
Schmidt,
12-12-1929--,
the eighth of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. On 10-18-1952, at St
Peters Cathedral in Belleville, Illinois, Catherine Cecelia
Schmidt married Jerry Phillip
Mazzarino, 7-2-1924--1-10-1996, now living in Powder Springs, Georgia.
Catherine Cecelia
Schmidt and Jerry Phillip
Mazzarino have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10. John E. Schmidt,
7-28-1933--, the tenth
of ten children of Ida
Kling and John Schmidt. On 5-23-1959, John E. Schmidt married Mary
Prindible,
4-17-1936--. They live in Millstadt, Illinois and have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.1. Jeffrey John Schmidt,
3-29-1960--, the
first of four children of John E. Schmidt and Mary Prindible. On
10-6-1984, Jeffrey John Schmidt married Mitzi Antonopoulos,
1-27-1957--, at
Queen of Peace Church in Belleville, IL. They have the following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.1.1. Christopher Schmidt,
5-1-1988--, the first
of three children of Jeffrey John Schmidt and Mitzi Antonopoulos

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.1.2. Jonathon Schmidt, 5-5-1990--,
the second of
three children of Jeffrey John Schmidt and Mitzi Antonopoulos

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.1.3. Stephanie Schmidt,
7-21-1993--, the third
of three children of Jeffrey John Schmidt and Mitzi Antonopoulos

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.2. Wayne Schmidt, 7-17-1962--, the
second of
four children of John E. Schmidt and Mary Prindible. On
6-29-1985, Wayne Schmidt married Maggie Herr, 12-6-1962--, at St
Henry's
Church in Belleville, IL They have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.2.1. Justin Schmidt, 9-18-1987--,
the
first of two children of Wayne Schmidt and Maggie Herr.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.2.2. Austin Schmidt,
2-13-1991--, the
second of two children of Wayne Schmidt and Maggie Herr.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.3. Victoria Lynn Reynolds, nee
Schmidt,
11-30-1965--, the third of four children of John E. Schmidt and
Mary Prindible. On 5-23-1987, Victoria Lynn Schmidt married Craig
Reynolds, 8-13-1961--, at Queen of Peace Church in Belleville, IL. They
have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.3.1. Heather Reynolds,
8-27-1991--, the
first of two children of Victoria
Lynn Schmidt and Craig
Reynolds.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.3.2. Jacob Reynolds, 12-5-1993--,
the
second of two children of Victoria
Lynn Schmidt and Craig
Reynolds.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.4. Beth Ann Hausmann, nee Schmidt,
2-17-1970--, the fourth of four children of John E. Schmidt and
Mary Prindible. On 9-5-1992, Beth Ann Schmidt married Steven
Hausmann,
9-23-1969--, at Queen of Peace Church in Belleville. They have the
following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.4.1. Lauren Hausmann,
6-17-1993--, the
first of three children of Beth Ann Schmidt and Steven Hausmann.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.4.2. Claire Hausmann, 2-17-1996--,
the second of
three children of Beth Ann Schmidt and Steven Hausmann.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.3.10.4.3. Jordan Hausmann, 5-3-1999--,
the third
of three children of Beth Ann Schmidt and Steven Hausmann.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4. Alphonse Kling, 5-4-1899--12-6-1977,
the
fourth of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling. Alphonse
Kling married Louise Holm,
5-29-1899--12-24-1985. They lived in Belleville, IL and are buried in
Greenmount Cemetery. Alphonse Kling and Louise Holm had the following
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1. Edward A. Kling, 3-31-1919--, the
first of two
children of Alphonse
Kling and Louise Holm. On 8-20-1942, Edward A. Kling married
Shirley Hankammer,
2-16-1920--. Ed is retired as of 1994 and Shirley who is also retired
worked at the Belleville Court House. They both love to travel. They
live in Belleville, IL. Edward A. Kling and Shirley Hankammer had the
following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.1. Michael E. Kling, 11-2-1946--, the
first of two
children of
Edward Kling
and Shirley Hankammer. Michael E. Kling married Joyce Perry in
1976.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.2. Mary Beth Becker, nee Kling,
4-16-1951--, the
second of two children of
Edward Kling and Shirley Hankammer. Mary Beth Kling married
Dennis Becker and had the following four
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.2.1. Scott Becker, 8-1-1973--, the
first of four
children of
Mary Beth Kling and Dennis Becker.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.2.2. Ryan Becker, 9-24-1976--, the
second of four
children of
Mary Beth Kling and Dennis Becker.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.2.3. Sean Becker, 10-18-1982--, the
third of four
children of
Mary Beth Kling and Dennis Becker.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.1.2.4. Brett Becker, 8-15-1984--, the
fourth of
four children of
Mary Beth Kling and Dennis Becker.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.4.2. Gladys Barber, nee Kling,
4-25-1923--1-13-1997, the second of two children of Alphonse
Kling and Louise Holm. Gladys Kling married C. L. Barber,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5. Cecillia Fries, nee Kling,
12-1-1900--10-2-1975, the
fifth of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling. On
6-25-1920, Cecillia Kling married Elmer H. Fries,
6-12-1899--11-10-1973. They
lived in Belleville, IL and had the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.1. Helen Fries, 5-4-1924--10-26-1999,
the first
of three children of Cecillia Kling and Elmer H. Fires. Helen retired
after fifty
years as Title Recorder for St Clair County, Illinois.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2. Delores Wilhelm, nee Fries,
10-7-1926--,
the second of three children of Cecillia Kling and Elmer H. Fires. On
10-14-1950,
Delores Fries married Meinard Wilhelm 8-21-1925--9-9-1997. They lived
in Belleville,
IL and have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.1. Barbara Pattberg, nee Wilhelm,
1-31-1952--,
the first of four children of Deloras Fries and Meinard Wilhelm.
Barbara Wilhelm married
Joseph Pattberg, 8-4-1949--, on 1-4-1974. They live in Ozark, Alabama
and have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.1.1. Patrick Pattberg, 2-17-1976--,
the first
of two children of Barbara Wilhelm and Joseph Pattberg.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.1.2 . Daniel Pattberg, 2-9-1978--,
the second of
two children of Barbara Wilhelm and Joseph Pattberg.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.2. Mary Trautt, nee Wilhelm,
10-9-1953--, the
second of four children of Deloras Fries and Meinard Wilhelm. Mary
Wilhelm married Steven
Trautt, 9-18-1955--, on 6-9-1979. They have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.2.1. Adam Trautt, 10-3-1980--, the
first
of four children of Mary Wilhelm and Steven
Trautt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.2.2. James Trautt, 7-4-1982--, the
second of four
children of Mary Wilhelm and Steven
Trautt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.2.3. Thomas Trautt, 5-6-1985--, the
third of four
children of Mary Wilhelm and Steven
Trautt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.2.4. Brian Trautt, 7-4-1987--, the
fourth of four
children of Mary Wilhelm and Steven
Trautt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.3. Joan Wegner, nee Wilhelm,
9-26-1957--, the
third of four children of Deloras Fries and Meinard Wilhelm. Joan
Wilhelm married Roger
Wegner, 7-30-1956--, on 11-21-1981. They have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.3.1. Julie Wegner, 8-11-1984--, the
first
of two children of Joan Wilhelm and Roger
Wegner.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.3.2. Nancy Wegner, 8-27-1987--, the
second of two
children of Joan Wilhelm and Roger
Wegner.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.4. Jane Schindler, nee Wilhelm,
1-8-1961--, the
fourth of four children of Deloras Fries and Meinard Wilhelm. Jane
Wilhelm married Anthony
Schindler, 9-16-1960--, on 2-6-1982. They have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.4.1. Shelley Schindler,
12-10-1986--, the first
of two children of Jane Wilhelm and Anthony
Schindler.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.2.4.2. Sarah Schindler, 6-26-1995--,.
the second of
two children of Jane Wilhelm and Anthony
Schindler.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3. Paul E. Fries, 3-29-1928--, the
third of three
children of Cecillia Kling and Elmer H. Fires. Paul Fries married Betty
Appel,
9-17-1928--, on 3-10-1951. They have three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.1. Judy Starling, nee Fries,
12-8-1954--, the
first
of three children of Paul Fries and Betty Appel. Judy Fries
married
Leonard
Starling, 12-11-1952--, and live in N. Potomac, Maryland. They have one
child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.1.1. Rachael Starling, 3-28-1995--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.2. Diane Fries, 11-7-1957--, the
second of three
children of Paul Fries and Betty Appel and lives in Belleville,
IL with her son,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.2.1. Gabriel Michael Fries,
3-19-1987--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.3. Paul J. Fries, 7-23-1962--, the
third of three
children of Paul Fries and Betty Appel. Paul J. Fries married Ann
Weissert, 10-29-1962--, living in Swansea, Illinois and have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5.3.3.1. Elizabeth Marie Fries,
1-6-1999--,

Elmer H. Fries 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.5. above has no connection
to the Fries
family in this history, but his wife and children do. As complex as it
is, his children are, in fact related to my Fries family in this
history through the maternal line of Mary Kling, nee Fries,
1868--1906, to her daughter, Cecillia Fries, nee Kling, 1900--1975, who
married Elmer H. Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.6. Elvira Elizabeth Kling,
2-27-1903--1-10-1918,
the
sixth of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling. Elvira died at
the home of
her father after a long illness.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.1.7. George Michael Kling,
8-1-1905--9-5-1905, the
seventh of seven children of Mary Fries and Michael Kling.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.2. John Fries, 1871--c.1905, the second of
seven children
of
Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara Lucash. John was born in
Belleville. At six years of age he suffered a sever case of
cerebra-spinal meningitis and had to be institutionalized. He died
around 1905.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.3. Edward P. Fries, 12-28-1872--5-28-1927,
the third of
seven children of
Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara Lucash born in
Belleville, IL. Edward Fries married Ida Dahm on 1-14-1903,
in St. Clair Co., IL. Edward lived in East St. Louis, IL in
1924. Ida died sometime before 1927. Edward and Ida had one child. Ida
remarried to a man by the name of Traxier and Viola took her
stepfather's name. Edward is
buried in Green Mount Cemetery outside of Belleville.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.3.1. Viola Traxier, lives in Freeburg,
Illinois.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4. Joseph N. Fries, 4-7-1875--5-31-1941, the
fourth of
seven children of
Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara Lucash. Joseph Fries married
Caroline Reiner on November 22, 1899. They lived in the 300 block of
South Second St. in Belleville. Caroline or Carrie was born on
12-21-1875, and died on
8-17-1946. In 1904, Joseph was a prize winner at the St. Clair County
Poultry
and Pet Stock Association Fair. When Joseph was dying, it was his grand
daughter, 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1. Doris Voss, nee Shinners that
ran to get the priest to
give
him the last rites. Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner had the following
five children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.1. Walter J. Fries, 10-20-1900--3-6-1971,
the first
of five children of Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner. On 6-23-1932,
Walter Fries married
Ruth Mank,
2-25-1902--1988. Walter was a brewer at Griesedieck-Western Brewery.
Later,
he had a coal and general hauling business located at 614 E. Main St.
in
Belleville.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2. Oliver A. Fries, 8-9-1902--1981, the
second
of five children of Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner. On December 27,
1929, Oliver
Fries married Ruth
Evans, 12-23-1903--11-1991. Oliver
Fries and Ruth
Evans had the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1. Norman Fries, 7-20-1931--8-15-1964,
the first of
two children of Oliver
Fries and Ruth
Evans born in
Belleville, IL. Norman Fries married Naomi Allard, --8-4-2005, and had
the following
three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.1. Nicki Hopfinger, nee Fries,
3-8-1952--, the first
of three children of Norman Fries and Naomi Allard born in
East St. Louis, IL. Nicki married Curtis Hopfinger and lived at 3001
South Belt
West, Belleville, IL. As of 1998, they live in Arlington, TX. They
have
one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.1.1. Shane Arthur Hopfinger,
10-11-1975--,
born in
Belleville, IL and is a Chief Petty Officer in
the US Navy, stationed in San Diego, CA in
1998. Shane Arthur Hopfinger married Anne Marye Peacock on
12-20-2003. Shane Arthur Hopfinger and Anne Marye Peacock have a daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.1.1.1. Allison
Marye Hopfinger, 9-3-2006--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.2. Kelby Fries, 10-31-1956--7-31-1988,
the second of
three children of Norman Fries and Naomi Allard born in East
St. Louis, IL. Kelby was a professional singer and dancer with the
stage name of Kelby Kirk. Kelby died in Kailau, Kona, Hawaii.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.3. Darin Fries, 3-31-1960--, the third
of three
children of Norman Fries and Naomi Allard born in Belleville, IL.
Darin married Jill Rae Nikcevich, 7-31-1961--, on 7-31-1991 in
Lake Tahoe, CA. They currently live in Corinth, TX and have two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.3.1. Hunter Allard Fries, 4-7-1992--,
born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.1.3.2. Savannah Augusta Fries,
2-3-2003--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.2. Nancy L. Klein, nee Fries,
2-28-1937--, the second
of two children of Oliver
Fries and Ruth
Evans born in
Belleville, IL. Nancy Fries married Jan Klein in 1958 and had one
child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.2.2.1. Kelly Sue Morrell, nee Klein,
2-18-1959--, born
in Belleville, IL. Kelly married Greg Morrell on 2-1986 and has one
child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3. Jennie Koch, nee Fries,
1-17-1904--2-26-2002, the
third
of five children of Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner. Jennie Fries
married Arthur Koch, 12-8-1896--8-23-1956,
on
11-21-1921. Jennie lived in Belleville, IL for all of her 98 years, and
she
passed away with all her family gathered around her bedside. She was an
avid
quiltmaker and made quilts for almost all of her many
great-grandchildren.
Arthur Koch and Jennie Fries had three children. They
are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.1. Arthur W. Koch, 3-8-1922--9-8-1985,
the first of
three children of Arthur Koch and Jennie Fries. Arthur W. Koch married
Hilda Sikes in 1946 and had one daughter,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.1.1. Katherine Ann Robinson, nee Koch,
2-15-1947--,
the only daughter of Arthur W. Koch married Hilda Sikes. Katherine Ann
Koch married Jim Robinson and lives in Atlanta, GA and have three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.1.1.1. Becky Robinson, 4-24-1967--, the
first of three
children of Katherine Ann Koch and Jim Robinson.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.1.1.2. Lyle Robinson, 2-3-1970--, the
second of three
children of Katherine Ann Koch and Jim Robinson.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.1.1.3. Brice Robinson, the third of
three children of
Katherine Ann Koch and Jim Robinson.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2. Dolores E. Dahm, nee Koch,
4-10-1923--5-2-1997, the
second of three children of Arthur Koch and Jennie Fries. Dolores
E. Koch married Norman T. Dahm, 9-6-1923--1-25-2001,
on
3-31-1948. The family lived in Belleville, IL then after the 12th child
was
born they moved to Millstadt, IL. They moved back to Belleville, IL in
1987.
Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm had the following fourteen
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.1. Deborah A. Mueth, nee Dahm,
3-8-1949--, the first
of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL. On 6-18-1976,
Deborah Dahm married David J. Mueth, 9-22-1949--. Deb lives in the
Springfield, IL area. Their four children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.1.1. Sarah Mueth, 1-12-1978--, the
first of four
children of Deborah Dahm and David J. Mueth born in Belleville,
IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.1.2. David Mueth, 3-9-1979--, the
second of four
children of Deborah Dahm and David J. Mueth born in Belleville,
IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.1.3. Daniel Mueth, 8-5-1983--, the
third of four
children of Deborah Dahm and David J. Mueth born in Belleville,
IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.1.4. Elizabeth Mueth, 3-20-1987--,
the fourth of
four children of Deborah Dahm and David J. Mueth born in
Springfield, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.2. William T. Dahm,
8-19-1950--1-15-2007, the
second of
fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.3. Jeanne Wojcik, nee Dahm,
12-13-1951--, the
third of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born
in Belleville, IL. Jeanne
Dahm married Jerry Wojcik,
10-26-1951--, on 4-27-1973. They have one child and live in the Troy,
IL
area.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4. Patricia M. Haar, nee Dahm,
8-20-1953--, the
fourth of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born
in Belleville, IL. On 7-13-1973,
Patricia Dahm married Stanley Haar, 2-14-1953--. Their four children
are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.1. Kathleen Haar, 4-14-1975--, the
first of four
children of
Patricia Dahm and Stanley Haar born in
Belleville, IL. Kathleen has one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.1.1. Isaac Harr, 2002--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.2. John Haar, 10-7-1977--, the
second of four
children of
Patricia Dahm and Stanley Haar born in Belleville,
IL. On 9-18-2004, John Haar married Tiffany Cook, 11-17-1981--,
and have a daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.2.1. Isabella Renee Harr,
5-11-2006--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.3. Kimberly Haar,
5-22-1982--, the
third of four
children of
Patricia Dahm and Stanley Haar born in
Belleville, IL. Kimberly has
two daughters.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.3.1. Kaleigh Haar,
4-4-2004--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.3.2. Kearrah Susan Haar,
4-3-2006--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.4. Joseph Haar, 11-10-1983--, the
fourth of four
children of
Patricia Dahm and Stanley Haar born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.5. Pamela S. Dauphin, nee Dahm,
8-20-1953--, the
fifth of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born
in Belleville, IL. On
11-11-1977, Pamela Dahm married James Dauphin, 10-12-1951--. They have
the following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.5.1. James Dauphin, 11-14-1982--,
the first of
three children of Pamela Dahm and James Dauphin born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.5.2. Richard Dauphin,
3-4-1985--, the
second of three children of Pamela Dahm and James Dauphin born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.5.3. Kathryn Dauphin, 1-22-1992--,
the third of
three children of Pamela Dahm and James Dauphin born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.6. Thomas N. Dahm, 11-17-1954--, the
sixth of
fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL. Thomas Dahm married Barbara
Helfrich, 1-12-1956--, on 6-30-1978. Thomas Dahm and Barbara
Helfrich have the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.6.1. Jennifer Schutzenhofer, nee
Dahm, 7-15-1981--,
the first of
three children of Thomas Dahm and Barbara
Helfrich born in
Belleville, IL. On 10-15-2005, Jennifer Dahm married Andy
Schutzenhofer.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.6.2. Michael Dahm, 5-19-1983--, the
second of
three children of Thomas Dahm and Barbara
Helfrich born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.6.3. Christopher Dahm, 1-22-1985--,
the third of
three children of Thomas Dahm and Barbara
Helfrich born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.7. Barbara A. Lodes, nee Dahm,
11-3-1955--,
the seventh of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm
born in Belleville, IL. On
10-3-1975, Barbara Dahm married Steven Lodes, 10-14-1954--, and lives
in the
Trentor, IL area. They have one daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.8. Richard Dahm, 3-8-1957--, the
eighth of
fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.9. Mary B. Dahm-Schell, nee Dahm,
1-4-1960--, the
ninth of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born
in Belleville, IL. Mary B. Dahm lives in
the Belleville area and on 11-11-1989, Mary B. Dahm married Keith
Schell,
4-5-1961--.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.10. Norman T. Dahm, 3-18-1961--, the
tenth of
fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL. Norman Dahm married Amy Buscher.
On 1-5-2003, Norman T. Dahm then married Cnthia Oberle. Norman
has three children, two by Amy Buscher and one by Cnthia Oberle.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.10.1. Emily Dahm, 11-17-1994--,
the first of three children of Norman Dahm and the first of two of Amy
Buscher born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.10.2. Rebecca Dahm, 12-2-1997--,
the second of three children of Norman Dahm and the second of two of
Amy Buscher born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.10.3. Conrad Dahm,
5-24-2004--, the third of three children of Norman Dahm and the only
child of Cnthia Oberle.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.11. Annette S. Neighbors, nee Dahm,
3-25-1962--,
the eleventh of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm
born in Belleville, IL. On 3-1-1984,
Annette
Dahm married Tim Neighbors, 7-19-1961--, and have the following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.11.1. Sean Neighbors, 9-25-1985--,
the first of
three children of Annette
Dahm and Tim Neighbors born in
Germany.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.11.2. Ian Neighbors, 12-18-1988--,
the second of
three children of Annette
Dahm and Tim Neighbors born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.11.3. Colin Neighbors, 8-15-1990--,
the third of
three children of Annette
Dahm and Tim Neighbors born in
Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.12. Robert S. Dahm, 2-19-1964--, the
twelfth of
fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T. Dahm born in
Belleville, IL. On 10-3-1992, Robert Dahm married
Stephaine Noblitt, 7-6-1967--. They have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.13. Susan D. Gray, nee Dahm,
12-9-1964--,
the thirteenth of fourteen children of Dolores E. Koch and Norman T.
Dahm born in Belleville, IL. On
11-7-1998, Susan Dahm married
Douglas Gray, 10-12-1960--. Douglas is the father of Elizabeth from a
previous
marriage. Douglas and Susan have three children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.13.1. Elizabeth Gray, 4-26-1988--,
the daughter
of Douglas Gray born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.13.2. Douglas Gray, 6-24-1999--,
the first of
three children of Susan Dahm and Douglas Gray born in St.
Louis,
MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.13.3. Jacob Gray, 7-21-2000--, the
second of three
children of Susan Dahm and Douglas Gray born in St. Louis,
MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.13.4. Abigail Gray, 2002--,
the
third of three children of Susan Dahm and Douglas Gray

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14. Sandra D. Dahm-Schell, nee Dahm,
12-9-1964--,
the fourteenth of fourteen children of Dolores and Norman Daham born in
Belleville, IL. On
11-7-1992, Sandra Dahm married Mark Schell, 4-12-1960--. They have five
children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14.1. Anthony Schell, 12-9-1996--,
the first of
five children of Sandra Dahm and Mark Schell born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14.2. Samantha Schell,
11-27-1997--, the
first of five children of Sandra Dahm and Mark Schell born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14.3. Kristin Schell,
6-24-1999--, the
first of five children of Sandra Dahm and Mark Schell born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14.4. Rachel Schell,
4-20-2001--, the
fourth of five children of Sandra Dahm and Mark Schell born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.14.5. Allison Schnell, 2002--,
the fifth of
five children of Sandra Dahm and Mark Schell.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.3. Jack E. Koch Sr., 1-1-1928--,
the third of
three children of Arthur Koch and Jennie Fries. Jack E. Koch Sr.
married Mary Siekmann, 1-12-1934--. They have the following seven
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.3.1. Arthur Koch, 2-1-1954--, the first
of seven
children of Jack E. Koch Sr. and Mary Siekmann. Arthur Koch married
Cheryl Roth and had one
child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4. Ursula Shinners, nee Fries,
10-8-1905--9-29-2000, the
fourth of five children of Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner born
in Belleville, IL. Ursula Fries married Ed Shinners, 1903--12-31-1939,
on
6-20-1928, and lived in Belleville until the late 60s when Ursula
moved to Decatur, IL. Ed was born in Mahonoy City, PA.
Ursula died in Decatur, IL
and was known as Aunt Tull and almost reached her 95th birthday. She
worked hard all her life, 32 years in a garment factory. Ursula is
buried in Green mount Cemetery in Belleville, IL.

In 1915, Ursula used to go over to Anne Fries' house on wash day to
help out. It took them both all day to do the wash for Anne Fries, nee
Blaies. They have one daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1. Doris Jean Voss, nee Shinners,
3-20-1929--8-25-2006, born in
Belleville, IL and died in Houston, TX. Graduated in 1942 from St.
Peter's Cathedral grade
school and graduated from the Academy of Notre Dame in 1946. Dorris
worked on
Scott Air Force base where she met Henry Charles Voss, 1929--, who was
a MP on the base at the time. On
5-12-1949 at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville, IL, Doris Shinners
married Henry Voss who
was born in Alton, IL. Doris is buried with her mother, Ursula
Shinners, nee Fries at Green Mount Cemetery in Belleville. Doris
Shinnes and Henry Voss had the following five children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.1. Robin Lee McMahon, nee Vance, nee
Hobbs, nee
Voss, 3-31-1953--, the first of five children of Doris
Shinnes and Henry Voss born in Decatur, IL. On 12-10-1974 in Memphis,TN,Robin married Everett
Neal Hobbs, 11-1954--, who was from Memphis, TN. They
had one
child. On 4-2-1981 in Houston, TX,Robin Voss
married John Roger Vance, 8-9-1954--, who was born in Decatur, IL. They
had
one child. On 11-14-1990 in Houston, TX,Robin married T. Michael McMahon, 11-1-1938--, who
was born in Binghamton, NY. They live in the Houston, TX area.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.1.1. Christopher Lee Hobbs,
7-6-1976--, Robin's
first child with Everett Neal Hobbs born in Decatur, IL. On
4-24-2005 in the Dallas, TX area, Christopher Lee Hobbs
married Alexas Christine Heliker, 11-22-1982--, who was born in Dallas,
TX. Christopher has three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.1.2. Joshua Thomas Vance, 7-14-1981--,
Robin's
second child born in Houston, TX. On 2-3-2003 in Houston, TX,
Joshua Thomas Vance married Breanna Stacey. Joshua Thomas Vance
and Breanna Stacey had one child. Josh then married Alexis Ford
and had one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.1.2.1. Faithlyn Vance,
7-1-2003--, the first of two children of Joshua Thomas Vance and the
only one with Breanna Stacey born in
Houston, TX.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.1.2.2. MadilynFaith
Vance, 11-10-2006--,the second of two children of Joshua
Thomas Vance and the first by Alexis Ford born in Austin, TX.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.2. Steven Henry Voss, 3-1-1958--, the
second of five
children of Doris
Shinnes and Henry Voss born in Denver, CO. Steven Voss married a woman
by the name
of Julie and has one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.3. Kimberly Sue Leara, nee Voss,
2-28-1960--, the
third of five children of Doris
Shinnes and Henry Voss born in Decatur, IL. Kimberly Voss married
John Hart, 7-1959--. They had one child. Kimberly then married Michael
Anthony Leara Sr. They had one child and live in Houston, TX in 1991.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.3.1. Rachael Suzanna Hart,
7-21-1979--, Kimberly's
first child and was born in Peoria, IL. Rachael Suzanna Hart has
a son.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.3.1.1. Aaron Ray Voss,
7-25-1996--, born in
St. Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.3.2. Michael Anthony Leara Jr.,
6-10-1986--,
Kimberly's
second child and was born in St. Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.4. Michael Charles Voss, 6-8-1963--,
the fourth of
five children of Doris
Shinnes and Henry Voss born in Decatur, IL. Michael Voss married Lisa
Gaye
Nation, 1961--, and have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.4.1. Christopher Michael Voss,
9-1987--, the first
of
two children of Michael Voss and Lisa Gaye
Nation born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.4.2. Tara Michelle Voss, 4-11-1989--,
the second of
two children of Michael Voss and Lisa Gaye
Nation born in St.
Louis, MO. Tara is a talented middle infielder and is the
program's first player to come from the state of Texas to DePaul
University. She is the reigning district defensive MVP and was
named the district's offensive MVP as a sophomore at Klein Oak High
School. Tara is a strong middle infielder, who can play either
second or short stop. Offensively she has above average speed and
is a tough out.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.4.1.5. Andrew David Voss,
12-10-1966--7-26-2006, the
fifth of five children of
Henry and
Doris Voss born and died in Decatur, IL. Andrew married Peggy Sue
Sherman,
1965--,
on 5-12-1989. Peggy was born in St. Louis, MO. Up until his death Andy
took loving care of his mother, Doris. Andy is buried with his mother
Doris at Green Mount Cemetery in Belleville next to Andy's grandmother,
Ursula Shinners, nee Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.5. Clarence Fries, 4-8-1910--8-21-1985,
the fifth of
five children of Joseph Fries and Caroline Reiner. Clarence Fries
married Dorothy
Bosse, 1-21-1920--, and lived in Freeburg, IL. They have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.5.1. Bea Ann Fries, 7-14-1944--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5. George F. Fries, 7-2-1877--1-3-1952, the
fifth
of seven children of Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara Lucash.
George Fries married
Margaret Dahm, 2-2-1880--6-20-1956, on 5-7-1900 in St. Clair Co., IL.
George Fries lived in Belleville, Illinois in 1924. They had four
children that all settled
in the Chicago, IL area.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.1. Loretta Ida Fries, 8-7-1901--4-20-1974,
the first of
four children of George Fries and Margaret Dahm and lived in
Chicago, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.2. George Lewis Fries,
9-27-1903--3-11-1987, the second
of four children of George Fries and Margaret Dahm and lived at
1457 W.
Catalpa Ave., Chicago, IL 60640. George died in Chicago.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.3. Paul Orion Fries, 12-28-1908--c. 1995,
the third of
four children of George Fries and Margaret Dahm lived and died in
Chicago, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4. Cyril Clement Fries,
1-17-1911--5-5-1980, the fourth
of four children of George Fries and Margaret Dahm. Cyril Clement
Fries married
Sophia Biadaszkiewiz, 8-27-1917--.

In the early 1930's Florence McTiernan, nee Fries and her sister
Eleanor Heinrich, nee Fries went to visit the Chicago branch of the
Fries family. They stayed at the Edgewater Hotel in Chicago, had dinner
at Cyril's house and then went to one of Chicago's nightclubs. Cyril
Clement Fries and Sophia Biadaszkiewiz had the following two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.1. Richard C. Fries, 12-8-1942--, the
first of two
children of Cyril Clement Fries and Sophia Biadaszkiewiz. Richard C.
Fries married Mary June Marciniak, 6-16-1946--. The family lived in
White Bear Lake, MN and is now living in WI. Richard C.
Fries and Mary June Marciniak had two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.1.1. Thomas Fries, 12-19-1969--, the
first of two
children of Richard C. Fries and Mary June Marciniak. On
4-29-2003 in Taos,
NM, Thomas Fries married Christina Juneau, 2-22-1970--, and they live
in Madison, WI.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.1.2. Matthew R. Fries,
6-18-1973--,
the second of
two children of Richard C. Fries and Mary June Marciniak. On
9-5-1998, Matt
Fries married Tiffani Tabish, 10-18-1973--, and they live in Riverton,
UT. They have two daughters.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.1.2.1. AlexaFries,
7-21-1998--,
the first of two children of Matt
Fries and Tiffani Tabish.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.1.2.2. Avery Fries,8-10-2000--,
the
second of two children of Matt
Fries and Tiffani Tabish.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.2. Carol J. Eckert - Schifferer, nee Fries,
2-13-1947--,
the second of
two children of Cyril Clement Fries and Sophia Biadaszkiewiz. Carol J.
Fries married
Thomas Eckert, 11-27-1946--1994. Their two children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.2.1. William T. Eckert, 9-4-1971--, the
first of two
children of Carol J. Fries and Thomas Eckert.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.5.4.2.2. Gary M. Eckert, 2-15-1975--, the
second of two
children of Carol J. Fries and Thomas Eckert.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6. Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, was the sixth
of seven
children of
Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara Lucash. Adolph was born on
Monday, October 13,
1879. He was the second youngest of Konradus Fries' children. Adolph
passed
away in Belleville on October 12, 1945, at 66 years of age. Adolph's
father,
Konradus, was 45 when Adolph was born. The name Adolph in old German
means
"Noble Wolf". This is a bit of a contradiction, as the wolf has been
one
of the most feared animals in Europe for many centuries.

During most of Adolph's married life, he lived at 508 Freeburg
Avenue in
Belleville, Illinois. Adolph worked at the Rogers' Excelsior Foundry
until
he was 63 years old. He then worked at the Empire Stove Company. Adolph
received the Army-Navy Production Award while he worked at the Empire
Stove
Company. The Empire Stove Company was two blocks from his home on 508
Freeburg
Ave. in Belleville. Adolph never owned a car but his sons did.

Anne Blaies' father was Jean Michel Blaies
or Mickael Blaies, 1823--1902, born in the village of Petit-Tenquin, 30 miles from the city of
Metz in the Province of Lorraine, in the state of Moselle in north east
France. Diffembach is the village of origin for the Blaies family.
Anne's mother was Theresia Bender,
1833--1898, from Mühlhausen, Baden, Germany. Mühlhausen is
just south of Heidelberg in the western part of Baden. The Bender
family originally came from the village of Rettigheim, Baden.

Anne's father, Jean Michel Blaies, 1823--1902, came to the United
States sometime before 1856. Anne's mother, Theresia Bender,
1833--1898, came over
in late 1855 or early 1856. Jean Michel Blaies and his wife, Theresia
lived
in Jefferson Co., MO, area, perhaps in Arnold, MO, before they came
to
Mascoutah, Illinois in 1864. Six of the fourteen Blaies children were
born
in Missouri. Jean Michel Blaies and Theresia Bender were married in
Arnold, MO at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on May 22,
1856.
Theresia
was 46 and Jean Michel Blaies was 56 years old when Anne Blaies was
born.
A midwife attended Theresia at Anne's birth.

Anne had a fear of water that kept her away from the lake at many of
the family swimming parties.

The mother of the groom, Barbara Fries, nee Lucash, and the father
of the
bride, Jean Michel Blaies, were still living at the time of the
wedding. Perhaps at the wedding they talked of the old days in Germany
and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Belleville newspaper stated that Adolph
and Anne were an ideal couple and had gone together through
high
school.

The Adolph Fries family lived at the following Belleville addresses.

912 South Illinois Ave.

1007 E. "B" St.

1025 S. Charles St.

723 N. Charles St., in 1914.

508 Freeburg Ave.

315 S. Richmond St., in 1898.

317 S. Second St.

Anne Blaies was born in Mascoutah, Illinois on December 7, 1879. At
69, Anne passed away in Belleville on November 19, 1948. She was the
youngest of fourteen children. Adolph Fries and his wife Anne Blaies
are buried in
Green Mount Cemetery, outside Belleville.

Anne had the gypsies come into her house in Belleville and they
would sit on the kitchen floor to sell their wares. This used to really
scare the Fries children. In the early years, Anne always had a big
iron kettle in the yard at 508 Freeburg Ave. boiling dirty diapers.
They had two sets of twins, 13 months apart. Although it is not clear
how Anne got the strength but she used to play the Zither to entertain
her children.

Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and his wife, Anne Blaies, 1879--1948,
had nine
children all born in Belleville, IL.

The nine children of Adolph Fries and Anne Blaies all
born in Belleville, IL

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1. Elmer Joseph Fries,
11-29-1901--12-5-2000, the
first of nine children of Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies.
Elmer married
Marcella Marie (Sal) Agles, 1-9-1905--2-27-1982. Sal had one sister,
Nora and two brothers, Henry and John. Sal was born in Lebanon,
Illinois.

Sal's father was William Agles, <1885-->1905, born in Penn. He
died in O'Fallon, IL. He was a coal miner. Her mother was Lola
Traband, <1885-->1905. She was born in Lebanon, IL and died in
O'Fallon, IL. William Agles' father lived in Edwardsville, Madison
Co., IL. Lola Traband's father owned a cigar store in Lebanon, IL.
Lola mother's name was Campe and she lived to be 106 years old. Lola's
grandmother Campe also lived to be over 108 years
of age.

Elmer and his friends, the Zigler brothers were partners on a car.
Elmer had to drive all his sisters to the dances every weekend.

Elmer had lived in Belleville, IL all his life and died there at the
age of 99 on Decemebr 5, 2000. In 1989, he sold the family house at
1325 Dewey to his grand daughter Pamela Forbeck, nee Schubert and moved
to 1805 N. Church St. Eventually Pam and her husband sold the family
home to Cathy Cullen, 9-22-1955--4-1-2011.

In 1916 when Elmer was very young he got a job in the local Star
brewery on 11th St. helping to make beer. One day all the workers
chipped in and bought one guy all the beer he could drink. He drank 90
splits [8 oz] during
work. Later that night he got 2 more gallons from the corner saloon.

Elmer and Sal were married in Belleville on 8-28-1926. Elmer Fries
and
Sal Agles had the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.1. Jacqueline Cullen, nee Fries,
2-9-1928--2-26-1987,
the
first of two children of Elmer Fries and
Sal Agles born in O'Fallon, IL. Jacqueline Fries married Edward Thomas
Cullen,
8-12-1925--, in Belleville on 6-29-1948. Ed was born in Centerville,
IL. Jacqueline died in Belleville. Jacqueline Fries and Edward Thomas
Cullen had two children.

<>1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.1.1. Cathy Cullen,
9-22-1955--4-1-2011,
the
first of two children of Jacqueline Fries and Edward Thomas Cullen born
in Belleville and died in St. Louis, MO.
Cathy worked on her grade school, high school and college newspapers.
She has been a journalist ever since. Cathy was a
1973 graduate of Althoff Catholic High School, Belleville, Ill., and in
1977 a graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with
degrees in English and journalism

Cathy interned at the Alton Telegraph newspaper and free-lanced at the
Belleville News Democrat newspaper. She worked full time at the Granite
City Journal newspaper as a writer and photographer. Later, Cathy
became a regional copy-editor for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
newspaper in 1981 and was working in that capacity when the St. Louis
Globe closed its operations around 1983. Cathy stayed on
with the new owners of
the newspaper until they were forced to close due to financial
difficulties in 1985. The newspaper reopened again, Cathy was a union
negotiator and the local union president. She also worked as associate
financial editor until the newspaper closed permanently in 1986.
<>Cathy also
worked as an associate editor doing writing, photography, design and
production for an art-and-framing trade magazine, DECOR, in St. Louis,
Mo.

She was director of development for the Sisters of Divine Providence
from 1995 to 2005. Cathy currently served as development coordinator
for the non-profit service provider, Community Link, an organization
that serves developmentally disabled in Clinton, Madison, and St. Clair
counties.

In 1992 Cathy entered the vocation of Lay Associate for Sisters of
Divine Providence, where she was deeply involved in their service
projects such as Room at the Inn in St. Louis and La Posada in Southern
Texas. She was a devoted member of St. Mary's Church in Madison, Ill.,
serving several functions as a Liturgical Minister, and as a member and
current president of the parish council.

Like her grandmother Sal, she enjoyed embroidery. Like her
grandfather, Elmer, she enjoyed gardening and bowling. Cathy bought her
grandparents home
from her cousins, Pam and Bob Forbeck in September 1999.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.1.2. Scott Cullen, 9-11-1962--, the
second of two children of Jacqueline Fries and Edward Thomas Cullen
born in Belleville.
Scott has been a musician since the third grade. His primary instrument
is the clarinet, but he also plays the saxophone, the bassoon, and the
piano. Scott
once played the "radio and the water bottle clarion" for another
students
avant-garde composition at Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville, IL. Scott taught band at the St. Paul grade school in
Highland, IL and St. Boniface grade school in Edwardsville, IL. He
is also an EMT and is studying dental hygienics. Scott married Judy
Payne on December 19, 1992 in Edwardsville, IL. They live in Glen
Carbon, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2. Bonnie Texeira, nee Schubert, nee
Fries,
6-8-1940--, the
second of two children of Elmer Fries and
Sal Agles born in
Belleville. Bonnie Fries married Roger Schubert, 10-20-1938--, in
Millstadt, IL on
9-13-1958. Bonnie
married Michael Texeira on July 9, 1983 and lived at 346 Makani St.,
Kapaa,
Kauai, Hawaii, 96746 for eleven years. They owned the ABC Taxi Company
in Kauai. They moved to Belleville, IL in 1994 to take care of Elmer.
Michael and Bonnie love to go camping and do so whenever they can.
Michel
loves to fish. Bonnie's three children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.1. Pamela Sue Forbeck, nee Schubert,
1-17-1963--,
the
first of three children of Bonnie Fries and Roger Schubert born in
Belleville, IL. Pam Schubert married Robert Forbeck on 9-16-1989, in
Milstadt,
IL
at the United Church of Christ. Pam is a hair dresser and Bob works in
construction. In 1989, Pam and Bob bought her Grandfather's house in
Belleville
then sold it to Cathy Cullen, their cousin. Pam loves old Gable homes
and
they recently bought an old farmhouse and Bobby has restored it into a
lovely
turn of the century home with many Gables and a wraparound porch. The
family lives in Milstadt, IL and they have two children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.1.1. Taylor Forbeck, 2-7-1991--, the
first of two children of Pam Schubert and Robert Forbeck born in
Belleville,
IL and an outstanding student going well off the charts in the IL state
testing.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.1.2. Kirby Layne Forbeck, 7-20-1996--,
the
second of two children of Pam Schubert and Robert Forbeck born in
Belleville, IL and loves to go camping with Bonnie and Michael with a
great love for animals.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.2. Roger Gene Schubert Jr.,
8-11-1964--, the
second of three children of Bonnie Fries and Roger Schubert born in
Belleville and is an operating engineer at Phillips Pipeline and living
in Milstadt, IL. Roger has a beautiful new home which he helped to
build. Roger is also a volunteer fireman for Milstadt.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.3. Ginger Marie Terveer, nee Schubert,
2-17-1970--,
the
third of three children of Bonnie Fries and Roger Schubert born in
Belleville. Ginger is a hairdresser. Ginger Schubert married Jeff
Joseph
Terveer on 5-20-1995 in Millstadt, IL. Jeff is in Electrical Sales.
Ginger has a gift for interior design and has already done six homes.
Ginger Schubert and Jeff
Joseph
Terveer have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.3.1. Drake Elliott Terveer,
3-24-1998--, the first of two children of Ginger Schubert and Jeff
Joseph
Terveer born in
Belleville, IL. Drake Elliott Terveer is afraid of nothing
including showing all the love
possible.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.1.2.3.2. Riley Rene Terveer, 6-2001--,
the second of two children of Ginger Schubert and Jeff
Joseph
Terveer born in
Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.2. Charles John Fries,
8-11-1904--1-4-1908, is the
second of nine children of Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies.
Charles died
at 912 South Illinois Ave., in Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3. Irvin George Fries,
10-25-1906--2-21-1945,
the third
of nine children of Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies. On
6-17-1936, Hank
Fries married Luella Roth, 6-14-1911--1-14-2006, in Belleville. Lu was
born
in Red
Bud, IL. Irvin or Hank, as he was known, used to drive the frame of a
car
that
his mother won in a contest. It was only the frame and not the whole
car
so Elmer and Hank had to put it together. With his new car Hank, like
Elmer,
had to drive his sisters to the dances on Saturdays.

Hank once wore a blue and white check suit to one of the Saturday
night dances. Hank and Lu lived at 412 North High St., in Belleville.
Hank was killed in WW II in the Navy when the Aircraft Carrier, U.S.S.
Bismark Sea was sunk off Iwo Jima. After Hank died, Lu married Al Eble,
6-21-1905--2-23-1993, on 6-17-1950.

Lu's father was William Roth, 1877--1957, born in Walsh, IL. Lu's
paternal grandfather was George Roth, 1854--1891, died in Walsh, IL.
George's wife was Anna Heinen, 1851--1926. Lu's Great Grandfather was
Lenerd Roth, <1834-->1854, and Gertrude Hess, <1834-->1854,
both born in Germany. Anna Roth, nee Heinen's parents were Peter
Heinen, 1825--1904. Peter is buried in the
Old St. Boniface Cemetery in Evansville, IL. His wife's name was Anna,
1832--1882, died in Evansville, IL and is buried in Old St. Boniface
Cemetery.

Lu's mother was Barbara Roth, nee Wittenbrink, 1877--1940, born in
Evansville, IL. Lu's maternal Grandparents were Philip Wittenbrink,
1845--1930, born in Slam, Germany. Philip was naturalized in Chester
Co., Ill on October 20, 1866. He is buried at New St. Boniface Cemetery
in Evansville, IL. Philip's wife was Mary Bleen, 1849--1926, died in
Evansville, IL. She is
buried in New St. Boniface Cemetery in Evansville, IL. Philip's
parents were Henry Wittenbrink, c. 1792--, and Barbara, 1819--1901.
Barbara is buried at Old St. Boniface Cemetery in Evansville, IL. Mary
Bleen's parents were John Bleen and Barbara Kramer.

Lu lived in Belleville, IL. Lu and Hank's three children were all
born in Belleville. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1. Irvin Dale Fries, 6-26-1938--, the
first of three
children of Hank
Fries and Luella Roth born in Belleville
and known
as Sonny. Sonny Fries married Lucille Vernier, 5-18-1942--, in
Belleville on
12-28-1963.
Lucille was born in Belleville. Sonny worked for Southwestern Bell in
Consumer
Marketing and is currently retired. Sonny and Lu live Chesterfield, MO.
Their three children all born in St. Louis are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.1. Susan Kimberly Costello, nee Fries,
9-8-1965--,
the first of three children of Sonny Fries and Lucille Vernier.
Susan Kimberly Fries graduated from the University of Notre Dame and
lived in Hartford,
Connecticut for a few years. Susan Fries married Daniel J. Costello, c.
1956--, in
February 1995 and now live in the Lake of the Ozarks, MO. They have
four children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.1.1. Colin John Costello, 9-2-1996--,
the first of
four children of Susan Fries and Daniel J. Costello born in
Hartford, CT and Christened in Chesterfield, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.1.2. Alyssa Claire Costello,
12-1-1998--, the second
of four children of Susan Fries and Daniel J. Costello born in
Hartford, CT and Christened in Tolland, CT.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.1.3. Meghan Coleen Costello,
10-22-2001--, the third
of four children of Susan Fries and Daniel J. Costello born in
Columbia, MO and Christened in Chesterfield, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.1.4. ConnorRyan Colstello,
4-10-2003--,
the fourth of four children of Susan Fries and Daniel J. Costello
born in Columbia, MO and Christened in Lake Ozark, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.2. Jeffrey Michael Fries, 9-28-1966--,
the second of
three children of Sonny Fries and Lucille Vernier. Jeffrey Michael
Fries graduated
from the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1990 with a degree in
architecture. Jeffrey Michael Fries married Marcia Renee Nelson,
1966--, on April 6,
1991 in
Overland Park, KS at the Holy Cross Catholic Church. Marcia's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. F. Glen Phinney. Jeff works for Sprint. He and Marcia
live in Overland Park, KA and have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.2.1. Alexander Nelson Fries,
6-29-1996--, the first
of two children of Jeffrey Michael Fries and Marcia Renee Nelson
born in
Temple, TX and Christened in Killeen, TX.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.2.2. Tyler Jeffrey Fries,
8-13-2000--, the
second of two children of Jeffrey Michael Fries and Marcia Renee
Nelson born in
Overland Park, Kansas and Christened in Wake Forest, NC.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.3. Timothy Matthew Fries, 6-13-1972--,
the third of
three children of Sonny Fries and Lucille Vernier. Timothy Matthew
Fries attended St.
Louis University High School in 1989. He is sports minded and very
active in basketball
and tennis. He graduated from St. Louis University in 1994. Tim Fries
married
Marie-Christine Mendlick, 1972--, on
8-30-1996 in Zeist, Holland. Tim is working
for Edward Jones. Marie and Tim live in Chippewa Falls, WI. They
have
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.3.1. Matthew Ferencz Fries,2-13-2000--,
the first of two children of Tim Fries and Marie-Christine Mendlick
born in and Christened in Chippewa Falls, WI.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.1.3.2. Ava Christine Fries, 10-5-2002--,
the second of
two children of Tim Fries and Marie-Christine Mendlick born in
Chippewa Falls, WI and Christened in Boca Grande, FL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2. Barbara Ann Hastings, nee Fries,
6-14-1940--, the
second of three children of Hank
Fries and Luella Roth born
in Belleville. Barbara Fries married John Daniel Hastings, 7-2-1940--,
on
6-19-1965, in Los
Angeles, CA. Barbara and Jack are medical doctors and lived in Tulsa,
Ok. Their four children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2.1. Laura Ann Hastings, 6-14-1966--,
the first of
four children of Barbara Fries and John Daniel Hastings born in Los
Angeles, Ca. Spent some time in southern California and graduated from
the University of California-San Diego with a BA degree. She worked in
NYC and while there earned her M.A at graduate school. Laura earned her
PHD from Baylor University in Waco, TX and is a child
psychologist.
She is married to a man who was born in Russia.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2.2. Pamela Ann Hastings, 17-14-1967--,
the second of
four children of Barbara Fries and John Daniel Hastings born in
Rochester, Minn. In 1990, she graduated from the University of Southern
California. Pam works in NYC where she received her Masters degree in
photography. Pamela Ann Hastings has a lovely daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2.2.1. Nicky,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2.3. Michael John Hastings,
10-27-1971--, the third of
four children of Barbara Fries and John Daniel Hastings born in
Chicago, IL. Michael graduated from the University of Illinois in
Carbondale, IL and is currently a pilot for ConAir.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.2.4. Christopher Hastings, 9-4-1974--,
the fourth of
four children of Barbara Fries and John Daniel Hastings graduating from
Columbia University in NYC, works for a computer company in NYC and
also does free lance writing.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.3. Robert Allen Fries, 6-14-1940--, the
third of three
children of Hank
Fries and Luella Roth born in
Belleville. Bob Fries married Karen Lynn Jung, 7-4-1941--, on
11-27-1965, at
St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville. Bob is an engineer for Storz
Instruments Co. He and his family
live in Belleville, IL. Their two children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.3.1. Jenifer Lynn Hood, nee Fries,
7-16-1967--,
the first of two
children of Bob Fries and Karen Lynn Jung born in
Belleville. Jenifer graduated from Baylor University in Waco, TX in
1989. Jennifer is now a Registered Nurse and is working currently with
the Traveling Nurse company in San Francisco, CA. Jenifer Lynn
Fries married Scott Hood and they are expecting their first child
shortly.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.3.1.1. Unknown Hood, the first
child of Scott Hood and Jenifer Lynn Fries.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.3.3.2. Dr. Matthew Robert Fries,
11-7-1969--, the second
of two children of Bob Fries and Karen Lynn Jung born in
Belleville and attended Baylor University in Waco, TX. Matt graduated
from the University of Texas Southwestern medical school and was in
pathology medicine in Dallas, TX. Matthew Robert Fries married
Amy Marie Bell, 1980--, who was born in Warner Robins, GA.
Matthew Robert Fries and Amy Marie Bell have one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4. Eleanor Louise Heinrich, nee Fries,
6-8-1909--11-28-1989, the fourth of nine children of
Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies born at 1025 S. Charles St.
in Belleville. Eleanor Fries married Arnold
Heinrich, 8-3-1909--7-25-2004, at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville
on
November 24, 1934. Arnie was born in Grant Fork, IL. His father's name
was Jacob Heinrich and his mother's
name was Mary Klaus. He had several sisters, Osta, Orda, Gertrude,
Hermenia
and Leona. He also had several brothers, Osmar, Gerald, and Clinton.
Arnie Heinrich lived in South St. Louis until his death. Right
before he died Arnie was taken to the hospital and he remarked that it
was the first time he had ever been in a hospital as a patient. One of
the kindest uncles anyone could ever have.

Once when the Fries kids were young, Eleanor had the blade end of a
butcher knife in her hand. One of her brothers, Elmer or Hank jerked
the knife and
cut Eleanor's hand without meaning to.

Eleanor Fries and Arnold
Heinrich had two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1. Vivian Helen Crump, nee Heinrich,
2-18-1936--5-4-2007, the
first of two children of Eleanor Fries and Arnold
Heinrich born
in Highland, IL at St. Joseph's Hospital at 1:30 PM and died in Fenton,
MO. Vivian Heinrich
married
Wayne Crump, 1-25-1936--, at St. Anthony of Padua in St. Louis on June
30, 1956. Wayne was born in St. Louis. His father's name was James
Leonard Crump and
his mother's name was Mattie E. Reynolds. Vivian and Wayne live in
Fenton, MO. Vivian Heinrich and Wayne Crump had the following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.1. Steven Wayne Crump, 9-20-1962--,
the first of
three children of Vivian Heinrich and Wayne Crump born in
Fondulac, Wis. 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5. Florence Estelle
McTiernan, nee Fries,
was Steve's Godmother. Steve Crunp married Lisa Marie Gilliam at the
Church
of the Holy Infant in Ballwin, MO on April 13, 1991. James Gilliam is
Lisa's father. Steve Crunp and Lisa Marie Gilliam live in Fenton, MO
and have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.1.1. Nicholas Steven Crump,
6-13-1996--, the first
of two children of Steve Crunp and Lisa Marie Gilliam born in St.
Louis, MO at St. John Mercy Hospital.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.1.2. Jennifer Leigh Crump,
7-1--1999--, the second
of two children of Steve Crunp and Lisa Marie Gilliam born in St.
Louis, MO at St. John Mercy Hospital.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.2. Susan Lee Crump, 1-24-1966--, the
second of three
children of Vivian Heinrich and Wayne Crump born in St.
Charles, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.3. Julie Ann Daniels, nee Crump,
6-22-1967--, the
third of three children of Vivian Heinrich and Wayne Crump born
in Kirkwood, MO. Julie Ann Crump married A. Scott Daniels in St. Louis,
MO in
September, 1993. They live in Fenton, MO and have at least two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.3.1. Unknown Daniels, the first of two
children of
Julie Ann Crump and A. Scott Daniels.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.1.3.2. Unknown Daniels, the
second of two
children of Julie Ann Crump and A. Scott Daniels.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.2. David Lee Heinrich, 6-12-1939--, the
second of two
children of Eleanor Fries and Arnold
Heinrich born in St. Louis
at 2:30
PM. David Heinrich married Patricia Hartbauer, 4-5-1942--, at St.
Anthony of
Padua
in St. Louis on 7-18-1964. Patricia was born in Washington, MO, at St.
Francis Hospital. Patricia father is Henry Hartbauer and her mother is
Lillian Brenner. Dave has worked for MacDonnald Douglas for many years
taking
trips around the world. Dave and Pat live in St. Louis Co. David
Heinrich and Patricia Hartbauer havfe the following two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.2.1. Deanna Lynn Snyder, nee Heinrich,
6-9-1965--,
the first of two children of David Heinrich and Patricia Hartbauer born
at Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis. Deanna is a graduate of St.
Anthony's High School and the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO
where she earned a degree in marketing. Deanna Heinrich married Robert
Joseph
Snyder on April 1, 1989
at St. Anthony of Padua in South St. Louis. Robert Snyder is from the
Pottstown,
Pa. area. He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
Daytona
Beach, Fl. In 1989, Robert is a pilot with Northwest Airlink. Deanna
lived
for a time in Memphis, Tenn. In the Fall of 1989 Deanna and Bob did
live
in Wilkes-Barre, PA but now live in Fenton, MO. They have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.2.1.1. Ryan Scott Snyder, 11-7-1992--,
the first of
two children of Deanna Heinrich and Robert Joseph
Snyder born in
Kingston, Pa.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.2.1.2. Nolan Snyder, 1-23-1997--, the
second of two
children of Deanna Heinrich and Robert Joseph
Snyder born in Kingston, Pa

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.4.2.2. Jeffrey David Heinrich,
12-12-1967--, the second
of two children of David Heinrich and Patricia Hartbauer born in St.
Louis. Jeff had been teaching Math but now is getting his Masters
before returning to teaching.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5. Florence Estelle McTiernan, nee Fries,
6-28-1911--6-13-2000, is the fifth of nine children of Adolph Fries,
1879--1945,
and Anne Blaies. Florence was born in Belleville, IL at the Fries
home on Charles St. Charles St. used to be called Jefferson St. Later,
Florence and the Fries family moved to 501 Freeburg Ave. in Belleville.

Florence died in Paoli, PA on June 13, 2000 about two weeks before
her 89th birthday. We were with her when she passed away. Florence went
with no pain and very peacefully. Her funeral service in St. Louis was
one of the best ever seen. Ace, as she was known is buried in the
McTernan and Tobin
family plot in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

The coronation of King George was held at Westminster Abbey only
eight days before Florence was born. Bread was 4 cents and gas was 10
cents a gallon. William Howard Taft was the president and James S.
Sherman was vice
president when Florence was born.

Florence had several brothers and sisters. Hank was the oldest
brother and Florence remembers once that he had to take her to buy a
new pair of shoes. Hank was 6 feet tall and they walked to the shoe
store and Florence had to take 3 steps to Hank's one in order to keep
up with him. Florence was about 10 years old at the time.

Florence attended St. Luke's Catholic Grade School in Belleville
until she was about seven years old. She then went on to the Cathedral
Grade School
where she finished. She went to the Academy of Notre Dame at 6000
West Main
St.
for High School. After High School, Florence attended Business School
for
one year.

Florence and her sister Eleanor worked in the stove plant of the
Zigler Stove Foundry. Eleanor painted grains on the stoves so that they
would match
the interior of a house, i.e. oak looking stoves. Florence helped her
in
this job. Florence had to get working papers as she was not yet 16 and
to young to work. This was her first job around the summer of 1926.
Eleanor
and Florence worked at Zigler's with their cousin Frank Lucash. Estelle
Lucash, nee Kling, was Florence's godmother.

Florence had a job in Belleville working in the office of a
Veterinarian. That job lasted about a month. From there she took a job
as a stenographer at the Orbon Stove Foundry.

She went to work as a dental assistant for three dentist that had
their offices on the corner of the Belleville Sq. Her first patient was
a woman that had to have all her teeth pulled. She was standing next to
the dentist chair and was about to faint until the dentist pushed her
into his chair. Florence now moved from Belleville to St. Louis.

Florence's next job was working as the secretary for the Executive
Secretary for the Tuberculosis Society. Then she worked as a secretary
to the principal of the Kennard School. Florence also worked as a
cashier for several Walgreen's' Drug Store in the evenings.

From 1930 until 1936, Florence worked as a bookkeeper at the Johnson
Tin Foil Company on South Broadway in St. Louis. That job lasted for 6
months. Her boss, Paul Martin suggested she try the Electrolux Co., as
they were paying a great deal more than Johnson.

Electrolux hired Florence and she worked there from 1937 until 1950.
Florence was able to get Irene Cermak a job at Electrolux also. Irene
was a good friend and Godmother to Florence's son, Michael.

Florence's last job was as an administrative assistant to the St.
Louis Board of Selective Service for 22 years, from 1951 until 1973.
She retired from that job in June of 1973.

Florence lived at various places in St. Louis, usually with up to
six of
her girl friends as room mates.

In 1930, Florence and 5 other girls lived in an apartment in the
3000 block
of Pestalozzi, east of Grand Ave. Irene Cermak, Vernice Lohmeyer and
sister,
Helen Lorenz, nee Fries, 1914--1993, were three of her room mates.

The six room mates now moved from the apartment at Pestalozzi to
Mrs. Willis' Apartments on Halliday Ave. in South St. Louis. They lived
there about
a year.

Sometime before 1938, they moved to the Parkedge Apartments on
Euclid and
Delmar Blvd. Helen Lohmeyer and Audrey Mahoney joined them as room
mates.

In 1938, all six of the room mates moved to a third floor apartment
at 605 Clara Ave. The roommates were Florence, Irene Cermak, Audrey
Mahoney, Norma Stienkemp, one other girl from Illinois and one from St.
Louis. They had to take turns cleaning the apartment every week, two at
a time. When John McTiernan proposed to Florence he put her up on the
sink and gave her
the ring. Someone had spilled grease on the sink and John ruined his
best pair of slacks. Florence lived there until she was married in
1940. Right
before the wedding John McTiernan's mother gave him some ham to bring
over
for the celebration party at this apartment.

Florence married John Francis Aloysius McTiernan,
10-21-1901--1-2-1989. John was called Mickey by his friends. At the
time Mickey was born Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Rider was president.
There wasn't a vice president due to the death of McKinley. A loaf of
bread cost three cents and a gallon of gas cost four cents at the time.
Movies were not yet invented but the Edison Kinetoscope was a big hit.

Mickey's parents came from Co. Leitrim, Ireland. His mother Anne
McGreal came from the Townland of Drumrewey and his father Hugh McTiernan VI came from the Townland of
Sheskin. They were married in the
Chapel of Killarga, Killargue, Co. Leitrim in March of 1895 and
immigrated three months later. Mickey was born in his
parents' house at 3523 Clark Ave. in St. Louis, MO.

John Francis Aloysius McTiernan, 1901--1989, died on January 2, 1989
in St. Louis, Missouri. The funeral mass was at St. John The Apostle
Catholic Church. John was buried in Cavalry Cemetery in St. Louis on
January 16, 1989.

Florence McTiernan moved to Wayne, Pa. in 1992. Florence moved back
to 60 Plaza Sq., Apt. 511 in St. Louis, MO. (N38 37' 49.5" W90 12'
51.6"). In late 1999, Florence moved back to Wayne, PA to be near us
and especially her grand kids. Florence Fries and John McTiernan had
one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5.1.Michael Patrick
McTiernan,
10-13-1943--, the only child of Florence Fries and John McTiernan born
in St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, October
13, 1943 at 9:03, in the morning at St. Anthony's Hospital. I was
baptized on 11-11-1943, at St. Edward's C.C. in St. Louis. The sponsors
were Joseph Mathews and Irene Cermak. Joe Mathews was a policeman and
took the family to church in a squad car with the siren going full
blast. I grew up in St.
Louis.

The day I was born, Italy declared war on Germany and bread was 10
cents and a gallon of gas was 15 cents. The Yankees beat the St. Louis
Cardinals in the World Series. There after the baseball world series
was canceled until 1946. Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and Henry
Wallace was vice president at the time.

My first school at 4 years of age was in 1947 at the Catholic
Woman's League,
today called a day center. From there I went right up the street to St.
Liborius in September 1948 from Kindergarten through 4th grade. Photo of bus stop
on Natural Bridge Blvd and North Market St where I got off the public
bus to go to St. Liborius and then later in the day got on to go down
to my dad's or my mothers office in downtown St. Louis.

Every
Monday
morning I had to bring in $2.00 in an envelope to give to the homeroom
Nun for that week's tuition. I made my first Communion on 5-21-1950 and
Confirmation on 9-27-1951 at St. Liborius. In September 1953 for the
5th grade I transferred back to St. Edward the King near to where we
lived
on Hebert St. in north St. Louis. In January 1956, we moved from 5504
Hebert St. to 7574 Warner Ave in Richmond Heights and I entered the
6th
grade at Our Lady of the Little Flower School in Richmond Hts. at mid
year
and graduated from grade school in June of 1957 at that school.

The old churches of St. Louis are beautiful. The Catholic Churches
in north
St. Louis all seem to be made of the white porous rock that seems
indigenous
to St. Louis. St. Edward the King and the Rock Church are good examples
of this. The churches in south and center St. Louis seem to be made
mostly
of brick. St. Liborius is a good example of this.

St. Liborius was a very traditional Catholic grade school. When I
attended St. Liborius they had the classic German pastor named Father
Ritter. He was a very big old German priest that was later made a
Monsignor. There are two things that I remember about Father Ritter. I
and a few of my 3rd grade classmates once went into the church after
school on a Friday during Lent to say the rosary, all on the up and up.
Father Ritter came out and saw us and must have thought that we were
causing trouble. He immediately took
after us yelling that we were sinning to beat the band by fooling
around
in church. We all took off down the isle trying to put as much space
between
us and Father Ritter as possible.

The second remembrance is a story that is told about Father Ritter.
At Easter the church gave out holy water to the people in the parish.
Every Easter they always spilled some and Father Ritter had to clean it
up before the next service. One year he was going to out-smart the
careless people that used to come to church for holy water on Easter.
He put the holy water outside between the convent and the church for
the people to take. Easter was early that year and during the night the
holy water froze. Early the next morning Father Ritter is outside using
the holy water sprinkler as an ice
pick trying to break the ice so the people could take some frozen holy
water home.

St. Liborius at 1835 North 18th St. was established in 1855 as the
6th German parish in the St. Louis area to serve the ever increasing
German population. The neighborhood was known as "Little Paderborn" as
the church was named for the patron saint of a section of Westphilia in
Germany. The church was built in 1889, the rectory in 1890 and the
convent in 1905. The
St. Liborius school was run by the stern Notre Dame Nuns famous in
those
days for their strong rulers.

I attended Christian Brothers College for the first year of high
school and graduated 3 years later from St. Francis de Sales in south
St. Louis. St. Francis de Sales is the largest church in south St.
Louis made of brick with one of the tallest steeples in St. Louis. The
parish was organized in 1867. The original church was destroyed in the
tornado of 1896. The present
church was built in 1906. It was modeled after St. Paul's Church in
Berlin.
It has the tallest steeple (300 ft.) in St. Louis and is sometimes
called
the "Cathedral of the South Side". This beautiful church has an
unbelievable
steeple with at least two men losing their lives during the
construction.

After high school I attended the University of Missouri in Columbia,
MO for my freshman year, and graduated from Quincy College in Quincy,
IL with a BA in History in January 1966. In between these years I
attended St. Louis University and Washington University for summer
school. I also attended the University of San Francisco in an extension
course in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in the summer of 1963.

After Quincy, I went into the Marines in 1966 for two years. I was
stationed in Virginia and in Rota, Spain for the two year tour of duty.
After discharge from the Marines I worked for IBM in Philadelphia, Pa.
The IBM job lasted for two years. Digital Equipment Corp. was the next
job for 13 years in St. Louis, Philadelphia, NYC, San Jose, Ca. and
Boston. From Digital I went
to Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1983 in their Boston office for a year. In
1984, I opened Sun's Penn. office in Wayne, Pa.

During that time I have lived in Wayne, Pa., Brooklyn Heights, NY,
St. Louis, MO, Woodside, Ca., Harvard, MA outside of Boston, and then
back to Wayne, Pa. outside of Philadelphia (N40.03'04", W75.24'34").

I married Diane Marie Rider on
Sunday, March 11, 1979, at St. Ursula's Catholic Church in Baltimore,
Maryland. Diane Rider, 1-28-1948--, was born in Baltimore, Md. Diane's
parents
are James L. Rider 1924--1989, and Lois Koenig, 1927--, both born in
Baltimore,
Maryland. Both are descendants of German and Irish immigrants.

Two days after Diane was born Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. Bread
was 14 cents a loaf and gas was 16 cents a gallon. Harry S. Truman was
president and there wasn't a vice president due to the death of
Roosevelt.

Diane and I live outside of Philadelphia in Strafford-Wayne, Pa.
with our
two children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5.1.1. Jeremy Patrick
McTiernan,
8-24-1978--, the first of two children of Michael McTiernan and Diane
Rider born in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, August 24, 1978, at
12:45 PM. Jeremy was baptized by Father George Thomas at Our Lady of
the Wayside Catholic Church in Portola Valley, CA, on 11-2-1980.
Joe Feeney and Patricia Sheridan were the sponsors. Joe and Patti
eventually got married.

Jimmy Carter was president and Walter Mondale was vice president
when Jeremy
was born. Bread was 42 cents and gas was 63 cents a gallon.

Jeremy attended the Village Nursery School in Harvard, MA. He
attended kindergarten at the New Eagle School in Wayne, Pa. Jeremy
attended St. Katharine
of Siena grade school in Wayne, Pa., up to the 6th grade. He attended
The
Haverford School in Haverford, Pa for the 6th grade. Jeremy attended
the
Delaware Valley Friends School (DVFS) in Haverford, Pa. for the 7th,
8th
and 9th grades.

Jeremy spent his 10th and 11th year of High School at The Malvern
Prep School in Malvern, Pa. Jeremy finished his 12th year at Conestoga
High School
in T/E Township, PA in 1997. Jeremy's best subjects are math and
reading.

Himself attended St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH in September
1997 for his first year of college. Jeremy is currently attending
Mitchell College
in New London, CT.

Jeremy has played organized junior baseball and was one of the best
inside right wings in the Junior soccer league. He is also an avid
swimmer and soccer player. He made the All Star Little League baseball
team in 1987 and 1989. He played an exceptional 3rd base in the 1991
Radnor league. Later,
in High School he played ice hockey and did rock climbing. He also is a
accomplished snow boarder and recently has taken up SCUBA diving.

Jeremy joined the United States Marines in January 2006 and went
through Parris Island boot camp in SC. After transferring from
Camp Lejune in NC to 29 Palms in southern CA,
Jeremy volunteered to go to Iraq and as of August 23, 2006 is now
stationed at Camp Grizzly
in Falluja, Iraq. Jeremy's job is to provide convoy security.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5.1.2. Meghan Maura McTiernan,
7-24-1983--, the second of two children of Michael McTiernan and Diane
Rider born in Baltimore, Md. on July 24, 1983, at 5:36 PM.
Meghan was baptized at St. Ursula's C. C. in Baltimore, Md. on
9-10-1983. Her uncle, Jim Rider and her aunt, Colleen Knellinger, nee
Rider were the sponsors. Meghan is a avid skier and loves to ice skate.
Recently Meg has taken up SCUBA
diving

Ronald Reagan was president and George Bush was vice president when
Meghan was born. Bread cost 89 cents a loaf and gas was $1.17 a gallon.
Meghan attended nursery school at The Good Samaritan School in Paoli,
Pa. Meghan attended The Crossroads School in Paoli, Pa. for grades K,
1st and 2nd. In 1993 Meg started in the 3rd Grade at the Devon
Elementary School in Devon,
Pa. and attending the middle school in T/E Township. Meg is currently
doing
home school.

Meg loves to ski and ice skate with a heart that will not quit. Meg
has played soccer and baseball with a never stop trying attitude. After
only one lesson Meg became a great skier. In 1998 Meg won two blue
ribbons in her first horse show at
the HRE of the Devon Horse Show in Devon, PA. In June 1998 Meg also won
a 1st place gold medal in her first ISI figure
skating competition in Newark, DE and a 3rd place medal in
St. Louis at the ISI Competition in August 1998.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6. Alice Elizabeth Varges, nee Fries,
10-7-1914--4-1-1990, the sixth of nine children of Adolph
Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies born
at 723 N. Charles St. in Belleville, IL. Alice Fries married
Peter Anthony Varges,
1-6-1906--9-23-1996, in New York City on 7-5-1937. Peter is the son of
Alvin Varges of France. Peter was born in San Francisco, Ca. Peter
moved
back to France with his family when he was about 3 years old. He may
have been in
the French Foreign Legion and according to family folklore was once
saved by
Franco from the firing squad. Peter received a BA degree from The
Sorboune on 6-5-1928 and a MS degree from Institute of Science in
Paris, France on 2-4-1931. The name of Peter's mother was
Virginia.
Alice
and Peter Varges lived in Tampa, Fl. Peter and Alice celebrated their
50th
wedding anniversary in June 1987 in St. Louis.

Once, when all the Fries children were kids, Alice's brother Leroy
was playing mumblypeg with a pocket knife. By accident it stuck in
Alice's foot
and she had to go to the hospital for a shot.

Alice Fries and Peter Anthony Varges had the following three
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1. Richard Lee Varges Sr., 4-16-1938--,
the first of
three children of Alice Fries and Peter Anthony Varges born in New
York City.
Richard was in the U. S. Marines for several years, spending most of
the
duty on the west coast. Richard farmed in Kansas, lived in Florida, and
then moved to the New York area for several years where he and his wife
Pat lived at 172 Propriturs Crossing, New Cannon, Conn. 33615. Richard
and
his family moved to North Carolina in June 1988. The family moved to
Middleberg,
Virginia area outside of Washington, D. C. in 1992. Richard is a avid
polo player owning several horses. Richard's children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.1. Michelle Corder, nee Varges,
2-20-1962--, the
first of Richard's six children born in
St. Louis, MO and as of 1989 was living in Texas. Michelle Varges is
married
to Kenneth Corder and they have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.1.1. Chase Corder, 7-7-1988--, the
first of two
children of Michelle Varges and Kenneth Corder born in Dallas,
Texas.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.1.2. Chance Michael Corder,
8-9-1991--, the second
of two children of Michelle Varges and Kenneth Corder born in
Humble, TX.,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.2. Alicia Choate, nee Varges,
12-18-1967--, the
second of Richard's six children born in
St. Louis, MO. Lisa Varges married William Burns Choate Jr. on
11-23-1991 in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Bill's mother is Faye Mitchel Hand. Lisa
Varges and William Burns Choate Jr. have one son,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.2.1. William Choate, 3-1993--, the
only child of
Lisa Varges and William Burns Choate Jr. born in North
Carolina.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.3. Jason Lyndsay Varges, 1969--, the
third of
Richard's six children born in Passaic,
N.J. Jason works
in Hollywood as an actor.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.4. Gabriel Varges, 11-1-1970--, the
fourth of
Richard's six children born in St. Louis,
MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.5. Shea Patric Varges, 1971--, the
fifth of
Richard's six children born in Tampa, Fl. Shea works in Hollywood as an
writer.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.1.6. Richard Lee Varges Jr.,
5-14-1972--, the sixth of
Richard's six children born in
Shawnee Mission, Kan.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2. Harriette Virginia Brownfield, nee
Varges,
2-25-1940--5-5-2005, the second of three children of Alice Fries and
Peter Anthony Varges born and died in St. Louis. Harriette Varges
married Don
Brownfield,
12-18-1938--1977, in
St. Louis on 12-11-1961. Harriette lived in St. Louis.
Their
three children were born in St. Louis.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.1. Nancy Brownfield,
11-9-1961--, the first of
three children of Harriette Varges and Don
Brownfield.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.2. Margaret Arne, nee Brownfield,
2-22-1964--,
the second of three children of Harriette Varges and Don
Brownfield. Margaret Brownfield married Christopher
Arne. They had one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.2.1. Joseph Christopher Arne,
6-22-1985--, the only
child of Margaret Brownfield married Christopher
Arne born in
Columbia, MO going to Chaminade HS in Des Peres, MO. His best subject
is Math. Joe is a very good football player and wrestler. Joseph won a
school essay contest
that enable him to go to Rome in the summer of 2000 for a private visit
with
the Pope.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3. Margie Webb, nee Brownfield,
10-15-1967--,
the third of three children of Harriette Varges and Don
Brownfield. 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5.1.
Michael McTiernan, 1943--, is Margie's godfather. Margie Brownfiled
married David
Richardson in 1984 in St. Louis, MO. Margie then marred Craig
Webb. Margie had five children, one by David
Richardson and four by Craig Webb.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3.1. Johanan Richardson, 1986--, the
first of five
children of Margie Brownfiled and the only child by David
Richardson. Jon is one very smart and
well mannered young man who really knows a lot about computers at his
age.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3.2. Michael Anderson Webb,
1-22-1996--, the second
of five children of Margie Brownfiled and the first of four children by
Craig Webb born in St.
Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3.3. Jessica Taylor Webb,
12-25-1997--, the third of
five children of Margie Brownfiled and the second of four children by
Craig Webb

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3.4. Christopher Alexander Webb,
8-15-1998--, the
fourth of five children of Margie Brownfiled and the third of four
children by Craig Webb born
in St. Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.2.3.5. unknown Webb, 4-2000--, the
fifth of five
children of Margie Brownfiled and the fourth of four children by Craig
Webb

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3. Jeanne Antoine, nee Varges,
4-8-1945--, the third
of three children of Alice Fries and Peter Anthony Varges born in
Belleville. Jeanne Varges married Lloyd Antoine, 6-8-1941--, in St.
Louis on
5-20-1967. Jeanne lives in St. Louis. Their three children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.1. Pierre Nickolaus Antoine,
3-20-1968--, the first
of three children of Jeanne Varges and Lloyd Antoine born in
Las Vegas, Nev. Nic Antoine married Dana Mary Kay Wheeler on May 13,
1994 at
St. Gabriel the Archangel Church in St. Louis, MO. Nic is an accountant
for Cooperative Attendant Service in St. Louis and also runs a Fantasy
Sports business called Legends
of Sports. They have three daughters,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.1.1. Abigail Antoine, 10-6-1995--, the
first of
three children of Nic Antoine and Dana Mary Kay Wheeler born in
St.
Louis, MO and attends Hope Mark Pre-School in St. Louis Hills.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.1.2. Grace Antoine, 8-22-1997--, the
second of three
children of Nic Antoine and Dana Mary Kay Wheeler

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.1.3. Olivia Gabrielle Antoine,
9-8-2003--,
the third of three children of Nic Antoine and Dana Mary Kay
Wheeler born in Perryville, MO

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.2. Lloyd Antoine, 7-12-1969--, the
second of three
children of Jeanne Varges and Lloyd Antoine born in St. Louis.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.3. Anthony Antoine, 6-23-1970--, the
third of three
children of Jeanne Varges and Lloyd Antoine born in St. Louis.
Tony served in the US Marines and was station in Saudi Arabia in the
1990 Desert Storm crisis and in Somali in 1992. Tony was married to
Daniele Brady in 1991. Tony has one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.6.3.3.1. Pauline Foshage, 7-5-1998--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7. Helen Josephine Lorentz, nee Fries,
10-7-1914--12-31-1993, the seventh of nine children of Adolph Fries,
1879--1945, and Anne Blaies born at 723 N. Charles St. in Belleville.
Helen Fries married Raymond Neary, 1911--1962, in St. Louis on
10-8-1938. Ray
was born in Brendon, Iowa on 11-20-1911. After Ray died Helen married
Roy Lorentz, --5-30-1991. Roy was
born in Dupo, IL. Helen lived in Cahokia, Illinois. Helen and Ray
Neary's
two children were born in St. Louis. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1. Rose Biesinger, nee Neary,
1-14-1934--, the first
of two children of Helen Fries and Raymond Neary born in St.
Louis. Rose Neary married George Biesinger, 10-25-1934--, in St. Louis
on
10-8-1965. George started as a CPA but later became a doctor. Rose and
George live
in Hollidaysburg, Penn. Their five children are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.1. Christopher Jude Biesinger,
1-12-1966--, the
first of five children of Rose Neary and George Biesinger born in
St. Louis.
In 1990, Chris was a pilot for US Air. Chris' dad, George Biesinger
used
to go on the US AIR flight that Chris was flying from Altoona, Pa. to
Pittsburgh,
PA. It was one of the most exciting things George ever did.
Chris had two childern from a previous marriage. Chris Biesinger is
married to Laura Pegula and living in CO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.1.1. Hunter Michael Biesinger,
3-21-1997--, the first of two children of Christopher Jude
Biesinger born
in PA.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.1.2. Tabitha Dior Biesinger,
8-12-1998--, the second of two children of Christopher Jude Biesinger.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.2. Michael Owen Biesinger,
6-20-1967--, the second
of five children of Rose Neary and George Biesinger born in St.
Louis. Michael married Linzi Jean Cameron on 9-17-1994 in
Hollidaysburg, Pa. Michael Owen Biesinger and Linzi Jean Cameron
have the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.2.1. Tia Ashley Biesinger,
3-25-1998--, the first of two children of Michael Owen Biesinger and
Linzi Jean Cameron

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.2.2. Shae ChristinaBiesinger,
7-19-2002--, the second of two children of Michael Owen Biesinger and
Linzi Jean
Cameron

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.3. George John Biesinger, 11-7-1969--,
the third of
five children of Rose Neary and George Biesinger born in St.
Louis. George John Biesinger married Jade Lee Little on May 17, 1997 in
PA. George John Biesinger and Jade Lee Little have the following
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.3.1. Joshua John Biesinger,
11-28-2003--, the first of two children of George John Biesinger and
Jade Lee Little

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.3.2. Tyler LeeBiesinger,
6-22-2006--. the
second of two children of George John Biesinger and Jade Lee Little

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.4. Andrew Paul Biesinger,
12-28-1970--, the fourth
of five children of Rose Neary and George Biesinger born in
Altoona, Pa. Married, spouse's name unknown. They have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.4.1. Kyle Alexander Biesinger,
12-30-1998--, the first of two children of Andrew Paul Biesinger.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.4.2. Ryan Andrew Biesinger,
1-30-2002--, the second of two children of Andrew Paul Biesinger.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.5. Evan Logan Biesinger, 7-28-1972--,
the fifth of
five children of Rose Neary and George Biesinger born in
Altoona, PA. Evan Logan Biesinger is married and has the
following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.5.1. Ewan Logan Biesinger,
8-22-2005--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.1.5.2. Unknown Biesinger,
7-2007--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2. Carole Alice DeLargy, nee Neary,
4-17-1943--, the
second of two children of Helen Fries and Raymond Neary born
in St.
Louis. Carole Neary married Robert DeLargy, 8-22-1941--11-25-2003, in
St. Louis on
10-6-1967.
Bob was born in St. Louis and died in Bradentin, FL. Bob worked for
General Dynamics for many
years
before going with C.S.C. Carole and her family lived in Mystic, CT for
some years then moving to Farfax, VA and eventually to Flordia. Carole
Neary and Robert DeLargy had two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.1. Robert Joseph DeLargy,
11-30-1969--, the first of
two children of Carole Neary and Robert DeLargy born in St.
Louis. Bob DeLargy married Krista Lynn Passmore in Waynesville, MO. on
8-6-1994. Bob and Krista both graduated from the University of Missouri
in
Columbia. Bob works for MCI World Com in Arlington, VA. and Krista is
an attorney in Washington DC. They live in Falls Church, VA. Bob
DeLargy and Krista Lynn Passmore have
the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.1.1. DanielRobert
DeLargy, 4-28-2004--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.1.2. Davis Henry DeLargy,
9-6-2006--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.2. Joseph Patrick DeLargy,
2-16-1972--, the second
of two children of Carole Neary and Robert DeLargy born in St.
Louis. Graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO. Joe works as a
broker for Olde Discount Brokers Corp. in the Kansas City, MO area.
Joseph Patrick DeLargy married Laura Lynne Hasch on 5-19-2001 in Kansas
City, KA at
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Joseph Patrick DeLargy and
Laura Lynne Hasch have the following two childreb.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.2.1. Joseph PatrickDeLargy,
8-7-2006--, the first of two children of Joseph Patrick DeLargy and
Laura Lynne
Hasch.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.7.2.2.2. Laura Hasch DeLargy,the
second of two children of Joseph Patrick DeLargy and Laura Lynne
Hasch.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.8. Leroy John Fries,
11-12-1915--10-15-1966, is the
eighth of nine children of Adolph Fries, 1879--1945, and Anne Blaies.
He was born
at 723 N.
Charles St., in Belleville, IL. He lived at 514 Freeburg Ave. in
Belleville. Leroy married Deloras Barbeau. They were married at St.
Peter's Cathedral in Belleville in 1951. Leroy worked as a stove
mounter in Belleville. He died at 1007 E. "B" St., Belleville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.9. Ruth Louise Auringer, nee Fries,
11-12-1915--9-27-1989, the ninth of nine children of Adolph Fries,
1879--1945, and Anne Blaies born
at 723 N. Charles St. Ruth Fries married Russel Corwin Jackson,
and
after Russel died she later married Charles Auringer. Ruth lived at 200
Fox St., Apt. 110, Sidney, N.Y., 13838. Ruth lived in New York since
1961, and was a very active
member of the Women of the Moose, chapter 502. Ruth and Russel had one
child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.9.1. June Joyce Jackson-Ramirez-Martin,
5-31-1938--,
born in St. Louis. June is married to William Joseph Martin,
7-18-1938--. They were
married in Los Angeles on 5-22-1965. William was born in Manhattan, Ks.
June's daughter is,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.9.1.1. Kathleen Ramirez, 2-14-1957--, born
in Atchison,
KS. Kathleen lives in Burbank, Calif. and works for the Bank of
America.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.7. Julius (Frank) Fries,
1-24-1882--7-26-1932, was the
seventh of seven children of Konradus Fries, 1834--1897, and Barbara
Lucash. Julius
Fries married Louisa A. Verhoff, 11-29-1883--. Julius, known as Frank,
lived
in St. Louis, Missouri in 1924. Frank and his family
moved to Calif. c. 1930. He died there in 1932. They have one child,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.7.1. Elmo Francis Fries, 8-31-1915--. In
1930, the family
moved to southern California and live there today. Elmo Fries is
retired from the Post Office. The family lives at 524 Rocklege,
Oceanside, Ca., 92054. Elmo is married to Novelle Fox, 9-2-1919--. Elmo
has one son,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.7.1.1. Gilbert Fries, 3-11-1943--, most
likely born in
California and lives there as of 1990.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3. Maria Anna Margaret Wittmeier,
nee Fries, 4-7-1836--12-29-1915, the third of five
immigrant
children of Georgius
Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and Cristina Deppisch. Maria Anna
(Margaret)
Wittmeier, nee Fries, was born in Kützbrunn on April 7, 1836.
Maria
Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries was 12 years old when she made the
crossing. Six years later at eighteen years of age, Maria Anna
(Margaret)
Wittmeier, nee Fries married John Wittmeier at St. Peter's Church in
Belleville,
Illinois on April 30, 1854. Later, St. Peter's was made a cathedral.
The marriage record is in Latin and German script. The priest in
Belleville
usually spoke and wrote German well into the 1900s. Many of the
descendants
of our four families were married in St.
Peter's
Cathedral in Belleville

John E. Wittmeier, 1831--1902, was born on Monday, May 11, 1831, in
Baden-Baden, Germany, near the Rhine River, Northeast of Strausbourg.
He died on Thursday, October 9, 1902, in Belleville. John died of
"Summer Complaint" and is buried
in Walnut Hill Cemetery. He was a house painter. John came to America
sometime
before 1854. In 1900, the family lived at 312 S. Illinois St. in
Belleville.

John E. Wittmeier, 1831--1902, had two brothers named Thaddeus and
Carl Wittmeier. Carl had several sons and one daughter. The names of
the sons are unknown. The daughter's name was Magdalena Wittmeier,
6-27-1885--1-24-1972. Magdalena was called Lencha, meaning little Lena.
Magdalena was a priest's housekeeper and is buried in Green Mount
Cemetery, outside of Belleville, IL.

John Wittmeier's other brother, Thaddeus, had a son named Charles
Wittmeier, 3-27-1853--10-25-1928, that came to America in 1871. Charles
was born
in Baden and died in Belleville. He is buried in Walnut Hill. Charles
worked as a meat packer in East St. Louis, IL for most of his life.
He married Josephine Heiligenstein and had a daughter that died very
young. Charles spent the last few years of his life living at the
Belleville home of his cousin, Maggie Brueggemann, nee Wittmeier.

Maria Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries, 1836--1915, at 79, passed away on December 29, 1915, at her home
at 201 South Spring St. in Belleville, IL (Now South 1st. St.)
Margaret is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery. When she died in 1915,
Maria Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries, had seven grandchildren.

Elmer Fries and his dad, Adolph, used to go fishing near the
Wittmeier home. Maria Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier was Adolph's aunt and
the grand aunt of Elmer Fries. Elmer was about eight or nine years old
at the time. This was around 1909, or 1910.

The 1900 U. S. Census states that John E. Wittmeier and Maria Anna
(Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries, 1836--1915, lived in Belleville, IL
and had twelve children. Six of the children were,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.1. Mary A. Wittmeier,
1-24-1860--<1885, was the first
of six known children out of twelve total of John Wittmeier and Maria
Anna (Margaret) Fries, 1836--1915.
Mary was a Sister of Notre Dame.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.2. John Wittmeier, 3-10-1862--1-15-1916, was
the second of
six known children out of twelve total of John Wittmeier and Maria Anna
(Margaret) Fries, 1836--1915.
John died in Belleville and is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery. John was
a shoe repairman for most of his life.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.3. Helen Wittmeier, 3-10-1866--1-3-1946, was
the third of
six known children out of twelve total of John Wittmeier and Maria Anna
(Margaret) Fries, 1836--1915. Helen known
as Lena, was a hat trimmer, and later a practical nurse. She is buried
in
Walnut Hill Cemetery.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.4. Julia Deringer, nee Wittmeier,
11-27-1868--5-24-1949,
was the fourth of six known children out of twelve total of John
Wittmeier and Maria Anna (Margaret) Fries,
1836--1915. Julie married Anthony Deringer, --8-3-1942, of Chicago on
7-26-1916. Anthony was born in Germany and was a professor of music in
Belleville. Both are buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5. Margaret Brueggemann, nee Wittmeier,
12-31-1872--4-29-1948, was the fifth of six known children out of
twelve total of John Wittmeier and Maria
Anna (Margaret) Fries, 1836--1915.
Maggie was born in Belleville, IL, and married George Brueggemann,
3-17-1868--10-25-1926,
at St. Peter's in Belleville, IL, on 10-10-1894. George's uncle,
Father
Bernard Brueggemann married them. The family home was at 207 Lebanon
Ave.
in Belleville.

The Brueggemann family is from Emsdetten, Westphalia, Germany. John
Bernard Herman Lucas Brueggemann and his family were the immigrants
that came over on the ship "Orpheus" to America in October 1853. The
trip took six weeks with cholera breaking out on the ship and taking
the lives of Lucas Brueggemann's wife, Maria Anna Middelhoff and two of
their small children who all were buried
at sea. Their eight children all born in Emmsdetten, Westphilia,
Germany were,

Bernard Herman Bruggemann, 1833--1837, the first of eight
children of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in
Emmsdetten, Westphilia.

Maria Ludwika Bruggemann, 1835--, the second of eight children of
Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in Emmsdetten,
Westphilia.

Bernard Hubert Bruggemann, 1838--1923, the third of eight
children of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in
Emmsdetten, Westphilia.

Franz Joseph Bruggemann, 1840--1923, the fourth of eight children
of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in Emmsdetten,
Westphilia. known as Frank married Anna
C. Blome and had five children.

Maria Elizabeth Bruggemann, 1843--1845, the fifth of eight
children of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in
Emmsdetten, Westphilia.

George Hubert Bruggemann, 1846--1847, the sixth of eight children
of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in Emmsdetten,
Westphilia.

Wilhelm Ferdinand Bruggemann, 1849--1853, the seventh of eight
children of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in
Emmsdetten, Westphilia died of Cholera on
board ship and was buried at sea.

Heinrich Georg Bruggemann, 1852--1853, the eighth of eight
children of Lucas Brueggemann and Maria Anna Middelhoff born in
Emmsdetten, Westphilia died of Cholera on board
ship and was buried at sea.

Lucas' had two older children that made the trip and settled with
him in
Cannelton, Ind. They were Bernard and Frank Brueggemann. Bernard
married and had one child but both the child and his wife died. Bernard
then became a priest and was the pastor of St John Baptist in Dover,
Ind. from 1877 till he died on 5-2-1923.

Lucas' other son, Franz or Frank was in the Civil War on the side of
the Union. He served in the 23rd Ind. Volunteers. He was discharged in
Chattanooga, Tenn. Frank returned to Cannelton, Ind. and on 5-19-1867
married Anna C. Blome, 10-26-1845--10-28-1932, born in Norwalde,
Westphilia, Germany. Anna's parents were Gerhardt Herman Blome and
Gertrude Wenners. Frank, Anna and their family eventually settled in
Belleville, IL. Their son George Brueggemann married Margaret
Wittmeier, 1872--1948. Another son, Lucas Brueggemann settled
in Pinckeyville, IL. Their other son, Frank Brueggemann married Lena
Mann. Their son, Ralph Brueggemann married Barbara Boone. They have a
son
by the name of David J. Brueggemann
who lives in Alaska. Karen
Urbanski , Michele
McConnell and Melinda Savitt, nee Brueggemann are also related to
the Blome and Brueggemann families.

George worked in Quincy, IL for a time but returned to Belleville.
He was a structural and mining engineer. Being an engineer, George was
away from home often and sometimes took his children on his business
trips.

George and Maggie and their family spent many an enjoyable evening
when Maggie played the zither and George played the guitar and
whistled.

Maggie sold Avon products for many years. Both George Brueggemann
and Maggie Brueggemann, nee Wittmeier, are buried in Green Mount
Cemetery near Belleville.
George Brueggemann
and Maggie Wittmeier had five children. They are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.1. Virgil Brueggemann, 6-24-1895--9-1977,
the first
of five children of Maggie Wittmeier and George Brueggemann. Virgil
married Hilda
Adam Bauer, 8-5-1895--1-16-1984, on 11-25-1942, in Outwood, Kentucky.
Hilda was a practical nurse. Virgil was in the medical corps during WW
I and spent most of the whole war in Europe. Virgil and Hilda are
buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2. Raymond Francis Brueggemann,
1-24-1897--2-25-1975, the second of five children of Maggie
Wittmeier and George Brueggemann. Ray
married Louise T. Siekmann, 4-20-1901--1-28-1983, at St. Phillip's in
East St. Louis, IL,
on 9-1-1921. Louise was a housewife and Ray worked at the Aluminum Ore
Co. Ray enjoyed building toy towns and trains. He was sent overseas
during
WW I, one month before armistice. They have five children. The are,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1. Rita Mary Kyle, nee Brueggemann,
7-6-1922--, the
first of five children of Raymond Brueggemann and Louise Siekmann. Rita
Brueggemann married Donald Ponsonby Kyle I, 10-23-1924--, on 6-21-1947.
Don was a
teacher and is now retired from Monsanto Chemical Company. He also is a
photographer. Rita was a registered nurse. Rita met Don during the war
when she served in the Navy Nurse Corps. Don comes from Decatur,
Alabama. Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I had the following five
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.1. Rita Mary Kyle, 11-20-1948--,
the first of
five children of Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I and is an industrial
accountant.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.2. Donald Ponsonby Kyle II,
6-12-1950--, the second
of five children of Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I. Donald Ponsonby Kyle
II married Susan Barnes, 6-12-1951--, on
6-30-1973.
Susan is a teacher and Donald was an accountant and bank officer but
now is mayor of Decatur, AL. Donald
Ponsonby Kyle II and Susan Barnes have
three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.2.1. Julianna Kyle, 7-30-1982--, the
first of three
children of Donald Ponsonby Kyle II and Susan Barnes.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.2.2. Sarah Kyle, 7-30-1984--, the
second of three
children of Donald Ponsonby Kyle II and Susan Barnes.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.2.3. Donald Ponsonby Kyle III, 1986--,
the third of
three children of Donald Ponsonby Kyle II and Susan Barnes born in IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.3. Raymond Francis Kyle Sr.,
3-31-1953--, the third
of five children of Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I. Raymond Francis Kyle
Sr. married Deborah Burns on
2-10-1979. Raymond
is an accountant and a FBI agent. Raymond Francis Kyle Sr. and Deborah
Burns have the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.3.2. Raymond Francis Kyle Jr.,
11-24-1981--, the
second of three children of Raymond Francis Kyle Sr. and Deborah
Burns. Raymond Francis Kyle Jr is a Lieutenant JG in the US Navy and
plans to be married on 6-8-2008 in Charleston, SC to Emily
Luttrell.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.3.3. John Christopher Kyle,
4-14-1986--, the third
of three children of Raymond Francis Kyle Sr. and Deborah Burns.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.4. James Timothy Kyle,
2-4-1955--, the fourth
of five children of Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I and is an attorney.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.1.5. Danial Vincent Kyle,
7-14-1959--, the fifth
of five children of Rita
Mary Brueggemann and Donald Ponsonby Kyle I and is a medical student.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2. Dorothy Louise Theiss, nee
Brueggemann,
1-16-1924--, the second of five children of Raymond Brueggemann and
Louise Siekmann. Dorothy Brueggemann married William Theiss,
5-14-1922--, on 9-7-1946.
Dorothy was a secretary and Bill works in supply for the Civil Service.
Dorothy Brueggemann and William Theiss have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.1. Patricia Ann Archer, nee Theiss,
3-17-1948--, the
first of four children of Dorothy Brueggemann and William Theiss.
Patricia Ann Theiss married Marvin Archer on
12-20-1969. Patricia is a housewife and Marvin or "Doc" as he is known,
is a salesman. Patricia Ann Theiss and Marvin Archer have
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.1.1. Scott William Archer,
6-30-1974--, the first of
two children of Patricia Ann Theiss and Marvin Archer. Scott
William Archer married
Courtney Marie Allen, 1974--, on 7-1-2000.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.1.2. Katie Archer, 10-24-1977--, the
second of two
children of Patricia Ann Theiss and Marvin Archer.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2. Thomas Ray Theiss, 9-2-1949--, the
second of four
children of Dorothy Brueggemann and William Theiss. Thomas Ray
Theiss married Elizabeth Louanne Florin, 5-22-1949--, on
3-18-1972. Thomas is a teacher and Louanne is a registered nurse and
housewife. Thomas Ray Theiss and Elizabeth Louanne Florin have the
following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.1. Debbie Jean Lieber, nee Theiss,
6-29-1974--,
the first
of three children of Thomas Ray Theiss and Elizabeth Louanne Florin.
Debbie Theiss married
David Lieber in 9-2-2000 in Greenville, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.1.1. Unknown Lieber,
11-13-2002--, a son, the
only child of Debbie Theiss and David Lieber.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.2. Mark Allen Theiss, 1-1-1976--,
the second
of three children of Thomas Ray Theiss and Elizabeth Louanne Florin who
was born in
Greenville, IL. Mark Allen Theiss married Meghan Marie Hancock on
6-23-2001 in Estes
Park, CO. Mark Allen Theiss and Meghan Marie Hancock had the following
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.2.1. Unknown Theiss,
11-28-2002--, the first of
two children of Mark Allen Theiss and Meghan Marie Hancock.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.2.2. Unknown Theiss,
11-28-2002--, the second
of two children of Mark Allen Theiss and Meghan Marie Hancock.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.2.3. Renee Danielle Theiss,
5-13-1983--, the third
of three children of Thomas Ray Theiss and Elizabeth Louanne Florin

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.3. Jean Maria Jackson, nee Theiss,
3-16-1956--,
the third of four children of Dorothy Brueggemann and William
Theiss. Jean Maria Theiss married Jay Jackson,
10-31-1954--, on 2-11-1979. Jean works as a clerk and Jay is an
electrician. Jean Maria Theiss and Jay Jackson have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.3.1. Andrew Jackson, 6-22-1981--, the
first of two
children of Jean Maria Theiss and Jay Jackson

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.3.2. William Miles Jackson, 1987--,
the second of
two children of Jean Maria Theiss and Jay Jackson

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.4. William Scott Theiss,
3-13-1958--, the
fourth of four children of Dorothy Brueggemann and William
Theiss. William Scott Theiss married Karen Lindhorst,
9-24-1960--, on
2-28-1980. William is a welder and Karen is a clerk typist. William
Scott Theiss and Karen Lindhorst have
three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.4.1. Marie Christine Theiss,
7-7-1984--, the first
of three children of William Scott Theiss and Karen Lindhorst

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.4.2. Eric William Theiss, 1987--, the
second of
three children of William Scott Theiss and Karen Lindhorst

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.2.4.3. Kevin Lee Theiss, 1989--, the
third of three
children of William Scott Theiss and Karen Lindhorst

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.3. Raymond Francis Brueggemann,
9-5-1925--12-17-1944, the third of five children of Raymond
Brueggemann and Louise Siekmann. Raymond
Brueggermann entered the army right after graduating from high school.
He was killed
in action at the Battle of the Bulge near the village of Bitche,
France.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.4. Theresa Annette Brueggemann,
2-13-1928--, the
fourth of five children of Raymond Brueggemann and Louise Siekmann.
Theresa was a
registered nurse and entered the convent on 9-8-1950. Sister Theresa
lives in Springfield, IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.5. Delrose Ann Brueggemann,
8-22-1929--, the
fifth of five children of Raymond Brueggemann and Louise Siekmann. Del
Brueggemann lives in
the Belleville area and worked as a registered nurse. She also does a
very good
job compiling family history. Del is the 3rd cousin of 5.6.5.1.
Michael McTiernan and the 1st cousin one generation removed of 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6.3.
Margaret Schmitt, nee Westrich.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3. Delphine Ebner, nee Brueggemann,
3-9-1899--1986, the
third of five children of Maggie
Wittmeier and George Brueggemann. Delphine
Brueggemann married John Ebner, 6-18- 1898--3-26-1974, on 10-19-1935,
at St. Luke's
in Belleville, IL. Delphine worked as a secretary and John worked for
the Illinois Power Company. John is buried in the Green Mount Cemetery.
Delphine
Brueggemann and John Ebner had one child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3.1. John Thomas Ebner, 6-25-1938--, the
only child
of Delphine
Brueggemann and John Ebner. John Thomas Ebner married Pat Doerr,
3-21-1942--, on 10-22-1963. John works for the Illinois Power Company
and Pat is a housewife. John Thomas Ebner and Pat Doerr have two
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3.1.1. Susan Lynn White, nee Ebner,
9-16-1965--, the
first of two children of John Thomas Ebner and Pat Doerr.
Susan Lynn Ebner married
Steve White, 1965--. Susan has a daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3.1.1.1. Ashley Nicol Jenkins, 1985--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3.1.2. Scott Thomas Ebner, 10-22-1968--,
the second of
two children of John Thomas Ebner and Pat Doerr.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.4. Anita Heid, nee Brueggemann,
7-31-1901--1994, the
fourth of five children of Maggie
Wittmeier and George Brueggemann. Anita
Brueggemann married Ernest Heid,
5-6-1891--8-6-1972, on 8-25-1956, at St. Cecelia's in St. Louis, MO.
Ernest
is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Anita was an accountant.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5. Aurelia Deitz, nee Brueggemann,
9-29-1903--3-21-1967,
the fifth of five children of Maggie
Wittmeier and George Brueggemann born in Belleville, IL. Aurelia
Brueggemann married Jack Deitz, 1-29-1903--1-1-1965,
in Crystal City, MO, on 6-26-1926. Aurelia was a housewife and Jack
worked for the
Monsanto
Chemical Co. They both are buried in Green Mount Cemetery, near
Belleville.
Aurelia Brueggemann and Jack Deitz had three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1. Jack Deitz, 8-3-1927--, the first of
three children
of Aurelia Brueggemann and Jack Deitz. Jack Deitz married Ethel
Simpson, 11-27-1926--1989, at St. Mary's on
4-10-1958. Jack is a truck diver and Ethel worked for the phone
company. Jack Deitz and Ethel Simpson have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.1. Jeffrey Deitz, 6-8-1962--, the
first of two
children of Jack Deitz and Ethel Simpson. Jeffrey Deitz married Lee Ann
Merideth, 1968--, and had the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.1.1. Sara Key Deitz, 1993--, the first
of two
children of Jeffrey Deitz and Lee Ann
Merideth born in IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.1.2. Abigale Deitz, 1997--, the
second of two
children of Jeffrey Deitz and Lee Ann
Merideth born in IL.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.2. Teresa Browing, nee Deitz,
12-17-1966--, the
second of two children of Jack Deitz and Ethel Simpson. Teresa Deitz
married
Clayton Browing, 1962--, and had the following children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.2.1. Ian A. Browing, 1994--, the first
of two
children of Teresa Deitz married
Clayton Browing

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.1.2.2. Carley Browning, 1998--,
the second of
two children of Teresa Deitz married
Clayton Browing

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2. Donald Deitz, 6-3-1931--, the
second of three
children of Aurelia Brueggemann and Jack Deitz. married Shirley
Schmid, 2-4-1934--, on 6-21-1952 in Lompoc, CA.
Donald is a
retired plumber and a Deacon in the Catholic Church. Shirley is a
ward clerk and a Pilot. Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid have the
following six
children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1. Susan Kay Scott, nee Deitz,
3-26-1953--, the
first of six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid. Susan is a
nurse and was married to Wayne Edwin Scott on
3-18-1978. They have two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.1. Melinda Fayloa Platero, nee
Scott, the first of
two children of Susan Kay Deitz and Wayne Edwin Scott.
Melinda Fayloa Scott married a
man by the name of Platero and had three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.1.1. Analise Platero,8-31-1998--,the first of
three childen ofMelinda Fayloa Scott and her husband Platero,
given name unknown.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.1.2. Patrick Platero,10-17-2000--,
the second of
three childen ofMelinda Fayloa Scott and her husband Platero,
given name unknown.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.1.3. Alyssa Platero,5-8-2002--,
the
third of
three childen ofMelinda Fayloa Scott and her husband Platero,
given name unknown.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.2. Wayne Edwin Scott Jr.,
12-9-1980--, the
second of two children of Susan Kay Deitz and Wayne Edwin Scott
and has
two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.2.1. Ellis Scott, 1-3-1997--,
the first of
two children of Wayne Edwin Scott Jr.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.1.2.2. Julien Scott, 2-14-1999--,
the second of
two children of Wayne Edwin Scott Jr.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2. Steven Donald Deitz, 7-13-1954--,
the second of
six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid. Steven Donald
Deitz married Renee
Kirkland
on 8-3-1974. Steven remarried on
3-3-1989 to Michelle Bertarello. Steven Donald Deitz had a total
of four children, two by Renee
Kirkland and two by Michelle Bertarello.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.1. Nicole Lynn Haas, nee
Deitz, 5-4-1975--,
the first
of four children of Steven Donald Deitz and the first of two by Renee
Kirkland. Nicole Lynn Deitz married Chris Haas and has
a daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.1.1. Ella Deitz, 12-20-2002--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.2. Corey Christopher Deitz,
the second of
four children of Steven Donald Deitz and the second of two by Renee
Kirkland. Corey Christopher Deitz married Dawn Skidis and has one
daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.2.1. Shelby Grace Deitz,
1-23-4004--,

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.3. Madalyn Deitz, 9-13-1993--, the
third of four
children of Steven Donald Deitz and the first of two by Michelle
Bertarello.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.2.4. Dale Steven
Deitz,12-5-1997--, the
fourth of five
children of Steven Donald Deitz and the second of two by Michelle
Bertarello.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.3. Sheryl Marie Schneider, nee Deitz,
8-20-1956--,
the third of six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid.
Sheryl Marie Deitz was married
to Steve Schneider on 5-8-1976 and had the following two children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.3.1. Sarah Abagail Schneider,
8-27-1978--, the
first of two
children of Sheryl Marie and
Steve Schneider.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.3.2. Benjamin Schneider,
4-3-1980--, the
second of two
children of Sheryl Marie and
Steve Schneider.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.4. Stacy Ann Deslatte, nee Marshall,
nee Deitz,
2-27-1958--,
the fourth of six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley
Schmid. On 11-24-1979 in Belleville, IL, Stacy Ann Deitz
married
Mark Randall Marshall, 10-16-1958--, who was from Beaumont, TX
and had the following three children. Stacey remarried on
7-19-1991 in Girvney, France to Brian Paul Deslatte.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.4.1. Zachary Louis Marshall,
4-20-1980--, born
in Beaumount, TX and the first of three children ofStacy Ann
Deitz and
Mark Randall Marshall. Zachary Louis Marshall married Alice Kate
Ruegg on 3-25-2006.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.4.2. Aaron Lee Marshall,
6-13-1982--, the
second of three children ofStacy Ann Deitz and
Mark Randall Marshall born in Tulsa, OK.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.4.3. Emily Claire Marshall,
8-6-1983--, the
third of three children ofStacy Ann Deitz and
Mark Randall Marshall born in Longview, TX.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.5. Scott Thomas Deitz, 10-19-1959--,
the fifth of
six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid. On 8-27-1987, Scott
Thomas Deitz married Sharon
Rodriguez, 11-8-1961--.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.6. Shelly Jeanne Popp, nee Deitz,
11-9-1965--, the
sixth of six children of Donald Deitz and Shirley Schmid. On
1-7-1989,
Shelly Jeanne Deitz married
Michael L. Popp, 1963--, and have the following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.6.1. Aurelia Mae Popp, 4-9-1993--, the
first of three children of Shelly Jeanne Deitz married
Michael L. Popp.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.6.2. Zoe Elizabeth Popp, 4-12-1995--,
the
second of three children of Shelly Jeanne Deitz married
Michael L. Popp.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.2.6.3. Caleb Michael Popp, 6-20-1996--,
the
third of three children of Shelly Jeanne Deitz married
Michael L. Popp.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.3. Judith Ann Schanter, nee Deitz,
2-7-1940--, the
third of three children of Aurelia Brueggemann and Jack Deitz.
Judith Ann Deitz works as a nurse's assistant. Judith Ann Deitz married
Stanley
Schanter, 6-14-1936--, on 6-10-1959. Stanley works for the Dept. of the
Sec. of State in Illinois. Judith Ann Deitz and Stanley
Schanter have four children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.3.1. Lance Schanter, 11-18-1959--, the
first of four
children of Judith Ann Deitz and Stanley
Schanter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.3.2. Ward Schanter, 12-6-1961--, the
second of four
children of Judith Ann Deitz and Stanley
Schanter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.3.3. Cole Schanter,
1-10-1965--10-30-1966, the third
of four children of Judith Ann Deitz and Stanley
Schanter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.5.3.4. Blaine Schanter, 2-14-1968--, the
fourth of four
children of Judith Ann Deitz and Stanley
Schanter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6. Rose Westrich, nee Wittmeier,
3-1-1875--9-24-1931, or
Rosa was the sixth of six known children out of
twelve total of John Wittmeier and Maria
Anna (Margaret) Fries, 1836--1915.
Rose Wittmeier married Joseph Westrich Jr., 2-15-1875--8-30-1928, on
November 29,
1900, at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville. Joseph was born in
Illinois.
Joseph Westrich Jr.'s sister, Carrie Westrich was a witness at the
wedding.
Joseph managed a shoe store in St. Louis, MO. There was and perhaps
still
is a building with the name Westrich in downtown East St. Louis, IL.
Rose was a housewife.

Joseph Westrich Jr.'s, 1875--1928, father was Joseph Westrich Sr.,
9-1844-->1879, born in Germany but christening was on 10-4-1850.
Joseph Westrich Sr. immigrated to
America in 1850 or more likely in 1860 as listed in the 1900 census.
His wife was named Maggie, 4-1856-->1879, born in
Belleville, IL. Joseph Westrich Jr.'s sisters were Carrie Ready, nee
Westrich, 2-1877--, born in
Illinois. Carrie married James A. Ready on 12-5-1900, in St. Clair Co.,
IL. and Emma Ward, nee Westrich, 3-1879--, born in Illinois. Emma
married
Henry
Lee Ward on 9-10-1901, in St. Clair Co., IL.

Paul Nelson supplied the information on the Westrich
family. Joseph Westrich Sr. was the brother of Michael
Westrich, 1848-1932. Both were from Bavaria and were the
sons of Michael Westrich, 1822--, and Philippina Kappler, 1823--.

Michael Westrich was also a shoe and bootmaker and settled in St. Louis, Mo. He
married Luisa Berl (also spelled Louise and Louisa and also Berel). She
was from Baden.

One of Michael Westrich and Luisa Berl's daughters, Elizabeth or Lizzie
1877--1966, married Emmett P. Bentley, 1879--1915. Their son, Emmett F.
Bentley 1903--1996, married Leah Barron, 1906--1996. Their
daughter, Sandra, 1935--, married James Nelson, 1933--,
whose son was Paul Nelson. All this took place in St. Louis, MO.

In 1900, the family lived at 14 North High St. in Belleville, IL.
In 1900,
Joseph Westrich Jr., 1875--1928, lived at 212 1/2 Rear North Third St.
in East St. Louis, IL. He lived there right before he married Rose
Wittmeier.

The family of Westrich in our history might be connected to Robert
Westrich Sr.'s family that owns the Westrich photography studio in
Clayton, MO. Robert's
family came from the village of Landstuhl near Kaiserslauten in
southern
Germany. Robert Westrich mother's maiden name was Gallenbach. As yet
there
is no link.

Joseph Westrich Jr. and Rose Wittmeier, 1875--1931,
are buried
in Walnut Hill Cemetery. Rose Wittmeier and Joseph Westrich Jr. had the
following three children.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6.1. Irwin Westrich, 12-10-1904--12-18-1938,
the first of
three children of Rose Wittmeier married Joseph Westrich Jr. born in
Belleville, IL. Irwin married Clara Schumacher, 8-20-1904--, on
11-18-1925 in Belleville, IL. Irwin was a manager of a shoe store in
East St. Louis, IL and Clara was a housewife and secretary. Irwin is
buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6.2. Rita Westrich, 3-8-1909--3-15-1909, the
second of
three children of Rose Wittmeier married Joseph Westrich Jr. is
buried in
Walnut Hill
Cemetery.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6.3. Margaret M. Schmitt, nee Westrich,
7-28-1910--2-2007, the
third of three children of Rose Wittmeier married Joseph Westrich Jr.
was
born in Belleville and died in Fairview, IL. Margaret M.
Westrich married Anthony Schmitt, 3-7-1914--4-2-2004, on
9-14-1944, at the Old Cathedral in St. Louis, MO. Tony was born in St.
Louis, MO and died in Fairview, IL. Margaret is the 2nd cousin one
generation removed of 5.6.5.1.
Michael McTiernan. Margaret is the 1st cousin one generation removed
of 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.2.5. Del Brueggemann. Margaret was a
housewife and Anthony
was an accountant. They lived in Fairview Hts., IL. They have one
child.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.6.3.1. Bette Jayne Schmitt, 2-26-1946--, was
born in East
St. Louis, IL and teaches at Rosary High School in St. Louis, MO.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4. Justina Becker, nee Fries,
1840--1914, the fourth of five
immigrant
children of Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and Cristina
Deppisch. Justina made the trip to America in 1848 when she was only
eight years old.
Justina or Justine was born in Kützbrunn on June 13, 1840 (1842).

At 22 years of age she married August Becker on April 27, 1862, at
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in South St. Louis, Missouri.
Sometime later they moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. The 1860
Illinois Census states that Justine worked as a servant in Belleville.
Justine's name is spelled with the letter a or e at the
end.

Justina Becker, nee Fries, died in Belleville on April 5, 1914, at
the age of seventy four. Justine died on April 5, almost the exact same
day that she left Kützbrunn for America sixty six years before.
She died at her daughter's home. Her daughter, Louise Woods, lived at
612 N. 23 St.,
Belleville, IL. The wake was at St. Henry's then to Holy Cross
Cemetery. The obits list Justina as a resident of E. St. Louis. They
also state that she and her family came from Germany directly to E. St.
Louis.

An East St. Louis newspaper stated that August Becker owned and
operated a cigar store in 1893. August Becker passed away sometime
before l914. Justina
is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in St. Clair Co. She had lived at
1322 Illinois Ave. in East St. Louis, IL. About 1912, Justine and
August Becker lived with Justine's niece, Rose Westrich, nee Wittmeier
and her family. Justina Fries, 1840--1914, and August
Becker had at least one child, a daughter.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.1. Louise Woods, nee Becker,
<1864-->1914, the only
known child of Justina Fries, 1840--1914, and August
Becker. Louise Becker married
Thomas Woods, <1864-->1884, in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL
on 7-24-1884. The marriage license was 570, control number was
369732. Louise Becker and Thomas Woods had the following four children
none were married as of 1914.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.1.1. Agnes Woods,
>1884-->1914, the first of four
children of Louise Becker and Thomas Woods.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.1.2. Thomas Woods,
>1884->1914, the second of four
children of Louise Becker and Thomas Woods.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.1.3. Adele Woods,
>1884-->1914, the third of four
children of Louise Becker and Thomas Woods.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.4.1.4. Katherine Woods,
>1884-->1914, the fourth of
four children of Louise Becker and Thomas Woods.

1.7.7.5.4.5.5.5. Augusta Fries, 12-23-1842--,
the fifth of the five
immigrant children of Georgius
Michael Fries and Cristina Deppisch emigrating for America. No
additional information is known about Augusta.

2. Johann Fries,
1565--7-21-1637, the second known ancestor, the sibling of 1.
Burkhard
Fries was born and died in
Strüth,
Würzburg, Bavaria (zip D8701) in the parish of Rottingen. Johann's
parents are unknown at this time. On 2-12-1602 in Strüth,
Johann Fries married Barbara Huffnagel, <1582--2-10-1636, who died
in Strüth. Johann Fries
and Barbara Huffnagel had the
following six children all born in Strüth.

2.1. Ursula Fries, 11-17-1602--, the first of six
children of
Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth.

2.2. Johann Fries, 1-9-1605--, the second of six children
of
Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth.

2.3. Martin Fries, 11-11-1606--, the third of six
children of
Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth.

2.4. Balthasar Fries, 1609--1680, the fourth of six
children
of Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth and our
direct maternal ancestor.
Balthasar Friesmarried Elizabeth Seifried,
<1620--1672. Elizabeth Fries, nee Seifried's, <1620--1672,
father was Georg
Seifried, <1600--8-22-1645, died in Strüth. Georg Seifried was
the
Kohlenbrenner von Goßmannsdorf. Translated, Kohlenbrenner von
Goßmannsdorf means charcoal or ash burner from the village of
Goßmannsdorf. He most likely sold and delivered coal or charcoal
to the village homes in Goßmannsdorf. Georg Seifried was most
likely born
in the village of Goßmannsdorf. Georg Seifried's,
<1600--8-22-1645, last name may have been spelled Sefert.

Elizabeth Seifried's, <1620--1672, mother was
Margareta Heer, <1585--. Georg Seifried and Margareta Heer were
married on
7-30-1606 in
Strüth.
Margareta Seifried, nee Heer's father was Theobald Heer, <1556--.
Her
mother's name is unknown. Georg Seifried, --1645, and Margareta Heer,
also
had another daughter besides Elizabeth, her name was Anna Seifried,
<1620--. Balthasar Fries and Elizabeth Seifried had
the following five children.

2.4.1. Georg Fries, 11-12-1642--, the first of five
children of
Balthasar Fries and Elizabeth
Seifried born in Strüth.

2.4.2. Kasper Fries, 5-1-1644--, the second of five
children of
Balthasar Fries and Elizabeth
Seifried born in Strüth.

2.4.3. Kasper Fries, 5-25-1647--6-7-1717, the third of
five children of Balthasar Fries,
3-13-1609--7-2-1680, and Elizabeth
Seifried, <1620--8-14-1672, born and died in
Strüth. Sometime before 1693 in Strüth, Kaspar
Fries married 1.5.9. Margareta Roht, 1650-->1693. See 1.5.9.
for the line of descent for Kaspar Fries and Margareta Roht's nine
children all born in
Strüth.

Margaretha Fries, nee Roht's, 1650-->1693, father was Kasper
Roht,
2-15-1610--12-21-1684, born in Strüth. The name Roht may also be
spelled
Roth. Margaretha's mother was 1.5. Katharina Fries,
5-4-1611--12-27-1675,
born in Strüth. Katharina Roht, nee Fries, 1611--1675, was the
fifth daughter
of 1. Burkhard Fries, 1580--1640, the Fries family's first
known
paternal ancestor.

Kasper Roht's, 1610--1684, father was Balthasar Roht,
<1583--10-16-1626, died in Strüth. His mother was Margareta
Ort, <1583--11-18-1621, died in Strüth. They were
married in Strüth on 1-21-1601. Besides Kasper Roht, 1610--1684,
Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort had the following seven children.

Peter Roht, 4-4-1603--, the first of seven children of
Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

Christopher Roht, 3-16-1605--, the second of seven children
of Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

Margareta Roht, 9-6-1606--, the third of seven children of
Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

Johann Roht, 5-28-1608--<1611, the fourth of seven children
of Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

Johann Roht, 12-27-1611--, the sixth of seven children of
Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

Burkhard Roht, 12-3-1614--, the seventh of seven children
of Balthasar Roht and Margareta Ort.

2.4.4. Franz Fries, 3-4-1649--, the fourth of
five children of Balthasar
Fries and Elizabeth
Seifried born in Strüth.

2.4.5. Barbara Fries, 10-30-1650--, the fifth of five
children of
Balthasar Fries and Elizabeth
Seifried born in Strüth.

2.5. Lorenz Fries, 9-25-1611--, the fifth of six children
of
Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth.

2.6. Burkhard Fries, 4-26-1614--, the sixth of six
children of
Johann Fries and Barbara Huffnagel born in Strüth.

The members of the Fries Family have lived under four different
national flags, German, Swedish, French, and American. On the
maternal side, if like
myself your mother's maiden surname was Fries and your
grandmother's maiden surname was Blaies then you descend from Tara
who was one of the 7 European daughters
of Eve. If your mother had the maiden surename of Fries
but her mother
was not a Blaies / Blaes then these test results do not apply to you.
If you are a male with the surname of Fries, Blaies or Bender this test
does not apply as the mtDNA is passed down maternally not paternally.
Even though I am a male McTiernan, my mother was a Fries and her mother
was a Blaies and
her mother was a Bender so I have their mtDNA but my children would
not. They would have their mother's mtDNA not mine. The maternal mtDNA
tracking is explained at http://mctiernan.com/mtdna.htm.

The Fries family landed in America in 1848. The Fries family history
goes back 13 generations on the paternal side, 14 on the maternal side,
approximately 449 years. There are 457 known descendants of Burkhard
Fries, 1580--1640, as of 1995. The average age between generations is
29.9 years.

If you have 14 numbers before your name, i.e. 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.4.3.2.4.1.1.
then you are in the 14th paternal and 15th maternal Fries generation.
If you have 13 numbers then you are in the 13th paternal and the
14th
maternal Fries
generation. There are 15 known maternal generations of Fries
descendants and 13 paternal generations. The relationship can be
complex. As an example, 1.7.7.5.4.5.5.3.5.3.1. John Thomas
Ebner and I are third cousins, as we both had the same Great
Grandfather. Our children are
third cousins to each other but my
son1.7.7.5.4.5.5.2.6.5.1.1.Jeremy is John's
3rd cousin once removed.

The Generation Balance:

Konradius Fries was one of 8 kids in his generation
Konradius Fries and Barbara Lucash had 7 kids, so 7 kids in that
generation, Adolph Fries being one of them
Adolph Fries and Anne Blaies had 9 kids, so 9 in that generation,
Florence McTiernan being one of them
Those 9 kids had 14 kids, I am in this
group of 14
Those 14 kids had 41 kids, so 41 in the
this generation
Those 41, as of December 1999 have 22 kids, so 22 kids as of now in
this generation.
Those 22 kids so far have several children

The Fries family settled in Belleville, Illinois. For a time it
looked like several members of the Fries family lived behind St.
Peter's Cathedral in the 300 hundred block of 2nd Street in Belleville.
They were Barbara Fries, nee Lucash, Maria Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier,
nee Fries, and Joseph and Carrie Fries.

There is a genealogical society in Germany called the "Fries
Society". They have records that go back to the 1600's, to a German
king named Wolfgang Fries. Perhaps there is a connection to our Fries
family. Kützbrunn is a small town 49 degrees 35 min. North, 9
degrees 44 min., East. All four
towns, Kützbrunn, Bütthard, Sönderhoffen, and
Strüth are located about twenty miles south of Würzburg.
Kützbrunn is in
Baden. The other three are in Bavaria.

A sister of Michael Kling (Mary Fries', 1868--1906, sister-in-law),
named Julia Kling married Walter Goss in Twin Falls, Idaho in 1911. In
1911, Idaho
had to be like God's country. They settled in Redondo Beach, Calif. and
their children still live there today, near Elmo Fries.

There is a Fries Cemetery just east of Rentchler Station, IL at
38.27.42 N and 89.50.28 W. It most likely, has no connection to
Georgius Michael or Konradus Fries. There are three separate Fries
families from the St. Clair Co., IL area.

There are two other Fries cemeteries. One is located in Freeburg,
Township 1 South, Range 7 West. NE-1/4 SE-1/4, sec 3, Funk School Rd.
The second is located in Shiloh Valley, Township 1 North, Range 7 West,
SW-1/4, SW-1/4, Sec. 35. One of these two cemeteries may give a clue as
to what happened to Georg Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and his wife,
Cristina Fries, nee Deppisch, 1801-->1848. The information on the
cemetery at Shilo states that the Fries' buried there are not connected
to our Fries family line.

The church record in Kützbrunn states that Georgius Michael
Fries, 1793-->1848, and family left Kützbrunn for Amerika on
Thursday, April 6, 1848. The year of the Fries family arrival in
Illinois may have been 1849. The year 1849, was listed on the death
certificate of Justine Becker, nee Fries as the year of immigration.

Actually, all that is known by official records is that the Fries
family left Kützbrunn on April 6, 1848. The next known record is
for Maria Anna (Margaret) Wittmeier, nee Fries', 1836--1915, wedding in
Belleville, Illinois in 1854. As yet, no trace can be found in Illinois
or America of
Konradus' parents, Georgius Michael ' Fries, 1793-->1848 or Cristina
Deppisch, 1801-->1848. Likewise, there is no information on the
other two immigrant children, Maria Margaretha or Augusta Fries. They
all left Kützbrunn on April 6, 1848.

There are four periods of Konradus Fries' life that are unaccounted
for. They are;

1848 to 1860, from arrival in America to the time in 1860, that
he was living in Belleville working as a bricklayer.

From 1860, till he joined the Union Army.

1866 to 1868, from his discharge from the Union Army to the time
he married Barbara Lucash.

1882 to 1894, from the birth of his last child to the time he
entered the Soldier's Home in Quincy, Illinois.

Adolph Fries' daughter, Helen Lorentz, nee Fries, 1914--1993, was
married in St. Peter and Paul's Church in South St. Louis, Missouri,
the same church where her great aunt Justine Becker, nee Fries, was
married, in 1862. Helen Fries lived with George Steffen and his wife
Rose Blaies before she was married. The Steffen house was right behind
St. Peter and Paul's Church. This may be the general area where the
Bender and Blaies families first settled in St. Louis Co.

On November 8, 1866, a George Fries bought 80 acres of Federal land
in St. Clair Co. for $720. That may have been Georgius Michael Fries
that came
over in 1848. He would have been 73 years old at the time. Very few men
at the age of 73 buy farms, unless they were buying it for their sons.
Konradus
was discharged from the Union Army in 1866.

The 1855 Illinois State Census states that there was a George Fries
living in St. Clair Co., township (1, North), range 6 West.

The Kützbrunn parish priest, Father Waldharr is a common thread
throughout the early history of the Fries family. Father Waldharr
buried Anna Maria Fries, nee Häff, married Georgius Michael Fries,
and baptized Konradus Fries.

No record of the Fries family leaving Bremen for New York has been
found. They may have left Bremen but landed in Philadelphia or
Baltimore. Cholera was wide spread in the Mid West in 1849.

Early in its history, Illinois became the transportation center of
the United States. Illinois was visited by French explorers in the late
1600's. Illinois was part of the Northwest Territory. It became part of
the United States in 1783, and a territory in 1787. Illinois became the
twenty first state in the Union in 1818. St. Clair Co. became the first
county organized in the Illinois' Territory in 1790. At one point in
the history of Illinois, German immigrants formed about one fourth of
the population of the state.

The 1855 Illinois State Census states that there were three Becker
families living in St. Clair Co. Two with the initial J. and a Mr.
Becker. They resided
in Township 1 N, 8 W. All on page 171.

Very important document to obtain is the Messinger, the
Belleville, IL diocesan newspaper. The 1918 memorial edition has bios
of many of the significant families in the Belleville Diocese.

1. Find the marriage records for Johannes Fries, 5-21-1752--1824.

2. What happened to Georgius Michael Fries, 1793-->1848, and his
wife Cristina Fries, nee Deppisch, 1801-->1848, and their other two
children, Maria Margaretha and Augusta Fries? While they left Germany
in 1848, no U.S. information on them has been found.

3. Where was the Fries family between 1848 and 1854?

4. Which port did the Fries family leave from, LeHavre, Bremerhaven,
Bremen or Hamberg?

5. Which port in America did they arrive at?

6. Did the Fries family live somewhere else in America before
settling in St. Clair Co., IL? Did they sit out the winter of 1848,
in the east? If so where?

7. Did Konradus Fries ever do any farming in Illinois?

8. Where in Illinois did the Fries family settle first, in
Belleville?

9. Edward Prins, "Dutch and German Ship's Passenger List", for

Michael Fries, arrival 1852, p. 217

Margaretha Fries, arrival 1852, p. 217.

10. Find a descendent of Justine Becker, nee Fries, 1840--1914.
Justine is number 4.0 in the text.